{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Disruptors for GOOD | Social Entrepreneurs and Social Enterprises","title":"What Traditional Metrics Miss About Refugee Entrepreneurs","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":498,"description":"What if a small business generates little income but still changes the life of the person running it?\nIn this episode of Disruptors for GOOD, we examine new research from Prof. Lin Ong of Cal Poly Pomona and Melati Nungsari of the Asia School of Business. The researchers spent a year following eight Afghan refugee women participating in an entrepreneurship program in Malaysia.\nMost of the women did not report significant monthly income from their businesses. However, six rounds of interviews revealed meaningful changes that conventional financial metrics often overlook, including greater autonomy, confidence, resilience, purpose, and community belonging.\nThe episode explores the researchers’ 3P framework for evaluating impact among displaced and transitory populations. It also asks a larger question for funders, social enterprises, and impact investors: Are we measuring what is easiest to count, or what actually matters to the people being served?\nIN THIS EPISODE\n- Why revenue, profit, and job creation provide an incomplete picture of impact\n- The conditions facing Afghan refugee women building businesses in Malaysia\n- Ten non-monetary outcomes identified across the study\n- How entrepreneurship affected personal agency, practical capacity, and community relationships\n- The meaning of proximate, portable, and preparatory outcomes\n- Why funder reporting requirements can unintentionally distort organizational priorities\n- How the 3P framework could apply beyond refugee entrepreneurship\n- Why entrepreneurship should not be treated as a substitute for legal rights or essential services\n- The limitations of the study and the need for additional research\nTHE TEN NON-MONETARY OUTCOMES\nThe researchers identified ten outcomes that appeared consistently across the six interview rounds:\n1. Independence and autonomy\n2. Confidence and self-worth\n3. Mental well-being\n4. Skills development\n5. Purpose and aspirations\n6. Social recognition and belonging\n7. Family and spousal...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/CMjNZSE9-K1JHNGSgWvPa6AJ4pONoFgGpZ_VdP2tKuY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lYmNk/ZGY5M2ZlMGFmY2Rl/NDQ3NmU1MmNhMjg0/YWNiZS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}