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World’s first refugee matching software

Based on: Trapp, Teytelboym, Martinello, Andersson and Ahani (2018)

ANNIE™ MOORE

Employment prospects of any refugee in any affiliate

Match needs of refugees & affiliate services

Best overall employment

• utcomes for

all resettled refugees!

Past employment data Advanced machine learning and econometrics Refugee data and information provided by affiliates State-of-the-art integer

• ptimization

software

Matches are suggestive and HIAS retains complete control of process

Affiliate Information Mismatch

Performance of Annie

• Accuracy*: 80%

– Satisfies all integration needs constraints: language, nationality, large family, single parent… – Employment gain is over 30% above observed baseline in 2017. – Almost every refugee’s employment probability goes up. – With minimum average family size constraints: 25% gain.

Directions for improvement

• Using other integration outcomes
• Incorporating greater diversity
• Dynamic quota management
• Involving new affiliates
• Preferences

Thank you!

Annie Moore, 1892

Matching and Optimizing Outcomes for Refugee Empowerment

Annie™