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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Publications
Migrant & Refugee Stories: Visual Journeys
Migrant and refugee journeys don’t begin the moment they leave home. Nor do they end once they arrive in a
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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
Read moreBeyond 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
Read moreReport: COVID-19 and refugees’ economic opportunities, financial services and digital inclusion
The Journeys Project is excited to share a report published with the International Rescue Committee. This report was the culmination
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Financial Journeys of Refugees in Jordan: Empirical FINDings I
By Swati Mehta Dhawan and Hans-Martin Zademach The work in-hand provides a consolidated overview on the empirical findings from the
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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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