The Impact of the Syrian Refugee Crisis on the Labour Market in Jordan: A Preliminary Analysis 2014  

This report was published by International Labour Organization in 2014. This report was produced as a more detailed follow-up to the assessment conducted by the United Nations in November 2013 on the effects of the influx of Syrian refugees in Jordan. In the absence of comprehensive data, this report attempts to provide a picture of the impact of the Syrian refugee crisis on the Jordanian labour market, with a particular focus on the livelihoods and employability in the four governorates of Amman, Mafraq, Irbid, and Zarqa. It is based on existing data from national sources such as Jordan’s Department of Statistics, the UNHCR and international NGOs’ various assessments and surveys. An analysis of these secondary sources aims to provide an intermediate understanding of the situation until the results of a larger survey, which the ILO is currently undertaking with the Department of Statistics (DOS), is available.