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Racism and Displacement

March 5, 2022April 1, 2022 Anastasia Thano 711 Views 0 Comment Ecuador, Ethiopia, Financial Health, Financial Inclusion, Jordan, Kenya, mexico, Race & Discrimination, Refugees, Tunisia, Uganda

Stories from Migrants and Refugees In this issue of Fresh FINDings, we are excited to share our newest report titled

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Racism and Displacement: Stories from Migrants and Refugees

February 25, 2022May 13, 2022 Anastasia Thano 962 Views 0 Comment Financial Health, Financial Inclusion, Jordan, mexico, Migration, Race & Discrimination, Refugees, Tunisia

By Padmini Baruah Racism—the delineation of people as the “other,” as inferior on the basis of race or ethnic identity—is

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Financial Biographies, Volume 2

February 18, 2022April 11, 2022 Anastasia Thano 608 Views 0 Comment Ecuador, Ethiopia, Family & Networks, Financial Health, Financial Inclusion, Jordan, Kenya, mexico, Migration, Refugees, Tunisia, Uganda

By Kim Wilson et. al. This collection of profiles, Volume II, Financial Biographies of People Coping with New Surroundings, takes

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Reckoning with Reality: Five Key Findings from the FIND Research

January 27, 2022February 2, 2022 Anastasia Thano 355 Views 0 Comment Financial Health, Jordan, Kenya, mexico, Uganda

By Joscha Albert, Swati Mehta Dhawan, Dr. Karen Jacobsen, Lisa Klinger, María Teresa Nagel, Radha Rajkotia, Barri Shorey, Anneleen Vos, Cate Wanjala, Kim Wilson,

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Finance in Displacement: Joint Lessons Report

January 20, 2022January 21, 2022 Anastasia Thano 932 Views 0 Comment Financial Health, Financial Inclusion, Jordan, Kenya, Lean Research, mexico, Uganda

By Kim Wilson (Tufts University) and Hans-Martin Zademach (KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt) Managing finances is challenging for most people, but it is

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The FIND Symposium: Findings, Expert Discussion, and Recommendations for Refugee Financial Services

June 4, 2021November 13, 2021 Neiha S. Lasharie 1797 Views 0 Comment Financial Health, Identity and Documents, Jordan, Kenya, mexico, Uganda

Building a strong foundation for effective refugee financial services At the end of April, we were thrilled to host the

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Supporting the Financial Health of Refugees: The Finance in Displacement (FIND) Study in Uganda and Mexico

January 4, 2021June 30, 2022 Maria T. Nagel 1504 Views 0 Comment Bribery and Corruption, Burundi, Congo, Dangers and trouble, Destinations, El Salvador, Family, Financial Health, Friends and Networks, Gender, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Host and Transition Communities, Identity and Documents, Language, Livelihoods, Lodging and Food, mexico, Money and Finance, Rwanda, Saving and Lending, Somalia, South Sudan, Technology, Uganda

By Karen Jacobsen and Kim Wilson One of the biggest challenges facing refugees and migrants is navigating the livelihoods and

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The Beast Tamer

December 23, 2020April 9, 2021 Neiha S. Lasharie 623 Views 0 Comment Dangers and trouble, Honduras, Lodging and Food, mexico, The Journey

A Honduran migrant risks it all atop the migrant train.

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Work for Yourself

November 16, 2020April 16, 2021 Neiha S. Lasharie 816 Views 0 Comment Before The Journey, Coping and Thriving, Destinations, Family, Haiti, Livelihoods, mexico, Money and Finance

Fleeing violence, a Haitian starts a successful business in Tijuana

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Integration in Different Family Structures

March 31, 2020December 19, 2021 Lori Zimmermann 328 Views 0 Comment Family & Networks, mexico

By Maria Teresa Nagel, under the supervision of Kim Wilson.
When it comes to migration, broad classifications are abundant. Refugees and migrants are often seen as a monolithic mass, which encourages policy makers to essentialize migration as they search for the single solution to this complex phenomenon. Nowhere is this truer than in Tijuana, Mexico, the location of our study. There and elsewhere, immigrants are thought to be driven by the same motivations, threatened by the same risks, and in need of the same remedies. In this essay, I aim to highlight some key differences in the experiences of Central American migrants in Tijuana, focusing on the impact family structure has on migrants’ experiences living in that city.

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