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Backyard Bankers: Episode 2 Côte d’Ivoire Associations

March 28, 2024March 28, 2024 Bri B. Fierro 170 Views 0 Comment

In last month’s issue of the Leir Migration Monitor, we featured a story to appear in a forthcoming book, Backyard

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Backyard Bankers: Episode 1, Boston-Based Bangladeshi Businessmen Fashion a DYI Solution to Fund Their US Ventures

March 1, 2024March 3, 2024 Bri B. Fierro 227 Views 0 Comment

The following is inspired by a forthcoming book, Backyard Bankers: Immigrants, Money Clubs, and The American Dream.  Both the post

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Financial Biographies: Story Maps

September 2, 2023September 2, 2023 Bri B. Fierro 493 Views 0 Comment

FINANCIAL BIOGRAPHIES OF LONG DISTANCE JOURNEYERS: VOLUME I Princess Cameroon toward the US: Juju, political persecution and domestic violence cause

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From Economic Violence to Economic Safety: The Financial Lives of Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants in Colombia

May 31, 2023May 31, 2023 Bri B. Fierro 850 Views 0 Comment

By: Tamara Bah, Marisol Hernandez, Heather Odell, Shane Sullivan, Rosemary Ventura, and Kim Wilson The International Rescue Committee reports that

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Leir Migration Monitor: February 2023

March 5, 2023December 16, 2023 Anastasia Thano 452 Views 0 Comment

As the U.S. celebrates Black Legacy Month, we are reminded of the enduring legal, political, and cultural battles for equality

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Coyotes, Tandas, and a Quest for Closure: Conversations with Recent Immigrants from Puebla, Mexico

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 Anastasia Thano 698 Views 0 Comment Barriers, Case Study, mexico, Smuggling, United States

By: Anargiros Z. Frangos, Jr. under the supervision of Kim Wilson For the vast majority of Mexicans wishing to immigrate to the

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Financial Biographies of Refugees in Ethiopia

January 4, 2023January 17, 2023 Anastasia Thano 570 Views 0 Comment Ethiopia, Family & Networks, Financial Biographies, Somalia

By: Kim Wilson et al. This collection of profiles from Ethiopia explores stories that highlight refugee and migrant journeys and their

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Financial Biographies of Refugees in Tunisia

January 4, 2023January 5, 2023 Anastasia Thano 614 Views 0 Comment Cote d'Ivoire, Financial Biographies, Livelihoods, Tunisia

By: Kim Wilson et al.  This collection of profiles from Tunisia explores stories that highlight refugee and migrant journeys and their

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Financial Biographies of Refugees in Mexico

January 4, 2023January 5, 2023 Anastasia Thano 520 Views 0 Comment Burkina Faso, El Salvador, Financial Biographies, Guatemala, Haiti, Hondouras, Livelihoods, mexico, Venezuela

By: Kim Wilson et al. This collection of profiles from Mexico explores stories that highlight refugee and migrant journeys and their

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Financial Biographies of Refugees in Kenya

January 4, 2023January 5, 2023 Anastasia Thano 563 Views 0 Comment Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Financial Biographies, Kenya, Livelihoods, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda

By: Kim Wilson et al. This collection of profiles from Kenya explores stories that highlight refugee and migrant journeys and their

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