Somali Refugees in Maine: Social Capital in Non-Urban Communities
Lewiston, Maine is like many of the old mill towns of New England. Abandoned mills sit at the center of
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Essays & Articles
Mobile Money and Financial Inclusion of Refugees in Jordan – Hope or Hype?
In recent years, but especially since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments worldwide have increased policy support for digital financial services with the aims of making payments more efficient and making banking safer while formalizing large informal sectors. To this end, payment fees have been waived and financial service providers have been allowed to onboard new customers remotely.
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Financial Inclusion for Refugees: Learning from Financial Sector Deepening Uganda
By Jayshree Venkatesan and Jeremiah Gatlin During a year that most of the world has spent locked indoors, we should
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Beyond Livelihoods: “Financial Health” and the Humanitarian-Development Nexus
Image credit: Jan Chipchase By Dr. Karen Jacobsen and Kim Wilson For years, humanitarian and development scholars and practitioners have
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Convoys of Hope or Digital Deception? Understanding How People-Smugglers Utilize Facebook
By Amanda Borquaye, under the supervision of Kim Wilson “Our phones and power banks are more important for our journey
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Following where Community-Driven Organizations Lead: Lessons for strengthening refugee financial integration
By Julie Zollman and Kim Wilson “We have many people with a broken heart because of their history. So, we
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Franchising Underground Finance: Creative Remittances as Explained by Nia
By Natalia Espinosa Tokuhama, under the supervision of Kim Wilson On a Wednesday afternoon near the Parque El Arbolito at
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Navigating ‘Survivelihood’: Why refugees in Jordan plateau in their financial journeys too soon
By Swati Mehta Dhawan, Hans-Martin Zademach, and Kim Wilson This essay brings together early insights from the research conducted under
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The Humanitarian Ecosystem: Examining the Role of Migrant Assistance in Quito, Ecuador
By Dani Douglas, under the supervision of Kim Wilson A team of researchers from The Fletcher School of Law and
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“There’s (Not) an App for That”: Taking a Hard Look at the “App-ification” of Migration and the “Need” for New Technologies
By Madison Chapman, under the supervision of Kim Wilson Practitioners, advocates and writers often underscore the link between migration and
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