Refugee Resettlement: Why Many See Resettlement as Their Only Hope
“This is my hobby from Iraq,” stated Karam as a large Major Mitchell’s cockatoo sat perched on his arm. Bright,
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Essays & Articles
The Dynamic Nature of the Haitian Sòl
By Aaron Steinberg During the winter of 2019–2020, I interviewed two first-generation Haitian immigrants, both men in their twenties. We
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Cross-Saharan Migration to Tunisia: A case study of West African workers and students
By Kenza Ben Azouz, Jeremiah Gaitlin, Ingrid Magalhaes, Jayshree Venkatesan, and Kim Wilson Located between Libya and Algeria, the small
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Searching for Smugglers in Kabul, A Recollection
By Qiamuddin Amiry, under the supervision of Kim Wilson While researching migrants and refugees, my former professor from graduate school
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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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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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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
Read moreFranchising 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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