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Essays & Articles 

Cross-Saharan Migration to Tunisia: A case study of West African workers and students

October 19, 2021December 19, 2021 Sakshi Chandra 775 Views 0 Comment Case Study, Tunisia

By Kenza Ben Azouz, Jeremiah Gaitlin, Ingrid Magalhaes, Jayshree Venkatesan, and Kim Wilson Located between Libya and Algeria, the small

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Somali Refugees in Maine: Social Capital in Non-Urban Communities

September 1, 2021December 19, 2021 Allison C. Larmann 5133 Views 0 Comment Case Study, Family & Networks, Somalia, United States

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 Sub-Saharan Africa 

Financial Inclusion for Refugees: Learning from Financial Sector Deepening Uganda

May 21, 2021December 19, 2021 Neiha S. Lasharie 2069 Views 0 Comment Case Study, Financial Inclusion, Technology, 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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Central and South America Central and South America Central and South Asia Essays & Articles Middle East-North Africa 

A Shared Universe (for Most): Ecosystems in Public Spaces and Migrant Livelihoods

October 19, 2020December 19, 2021 Neiha S. Lasharie 937 Views 0 Comment Case Study, Ecuador, Race & Discrimination

By Madison Chapman, under the supervision of Kim Wilson Two young Colombian women sit next to a small iron pushcart

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Publications

  • Financial Archetypes and How to Use Them November 10, 2022
  • Financial Biographies: “Just Try to Knock Me Down – I’ll Get Up Again” October 27, 2022
  • Dispatches from a Financial Coach: Lessons on the Economic Empowerment of Immigrants October 16, 2022
  • A Hope for a Home: A Brief Compendium of Financial Journeys of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Jordan May 13, 2022
  • REFUGE?: Refugees’ Stories of Rebuilding Their Lives in Kenya March 31, 2022
  • Racism and Displacement: Stories from Migrants and Refugees February 25, 2022
  • Financial Biographies, Volume II February 18, 2022
  • Understanding Financial Health of Refugees in Jordan: Empirical FINDings II January 27, 2022
  • Reckoning with Reality: Five Key Findings from the FIND Research January 27, 2022
  • Refugee Resettlement: Why Many See Resettlement as Their Only Hope January 21, 2022
  • Finance in Displacement: Joint Lessons Report January 20, 2022
  • The Dynamic Nature of the Haitian Sòl November 8, 2021
  • Running in Place, Castles of Sand Finance in displacement (FIND) Kenya November 2, 2021
  • Coping in the Crisis? Lessons Learnt from the Covid-19 pandemic in marginalized refugee communities in Kenya October 25, 2021
  • Cross-Saharan Migration to Tunisia: A case study of West African workers and students October 19, 2021
  • Searching for Smugglers in Kabul, A Recollection October 7, 2021
  • Somali Refugees in Maine: Social Capital in Non-Urban Communities September 1, 2021
  • Migrant & Refugee Stories: Visual Journeys August 3, 2021
  • Mobile Money and Financial Inclusion of Refugees in Jordan – Hope or Hype? July 5, 2021
  • Financial Inclusion for Refugees: Learning from Financial Sector Deepening Uganda May 21, 2021
  • Beyond Livelihoods: “Financial Health” and the Humanitarian-Development Nexus April 21, 2021
  • Convoys of Hope or Digital Deception? Understanding How People-Smugglers Utilize Facebook April 16, 2021
  • Report: COVID-19 and refugees’ economic opportunities, financial services and digital inclusion April 5, 2021
  • Financial Journeys of Refugees in Jordan: Empirical FINDings I February 18, 2021
  • Following where Community-Driven Organizations Lead: Lessons for strengthening refugee financial integration January 22, 2021
  • Franchising Underground Finance: Creative Remittances as Explained by Nia January 8, 2021
  • Supporting the Financial Health of Refugees: The Finance in Displacement (FIND) Study in Uganda and Mexico January 4, 2021
  • Navigating ‘Survivelihood’: Why refugees in Jordan plateau in their financial journeys too soon December 21, 2020
  • The Humanitarian Ecosystem: Examining the Role of Migrant Assistance in Quito, Ecuador October 30, 2020
  • “There’s (Not) an App for That”: Taking a Hard Look at the “App-ification” of Migration and the “Need” for New Technologies October 30, 2020
  • A Shared Universe (for Most): Ecosystems in Public Spaces and Migrant Livelihoods October 19, 2020
  • Financial Integration in Refugee Economies: Evidence from Uganda October 5, 2020
  • Researching Haitian Migrants as a Haitian Researcher April 30, 2020
  • Putting Pieces in Place April 30, 2020
  • Origins and Outcomes: Migrant Integration in Uganda March 31, 2020
  • Gaps in Policies, Chasms for Refugees March 31, 2020
  • Shifting Roles in Refugee Livelihoods March 31, 2020
  • The Impact of Volunteer Employment on Migrant Outcomes: Ugandan Perspective March 31, 2020
  • Integration in Different Family Structures March 31, 2020
  • Learning to Live in Limbo March 31, 2020
  • What Lies Ahead? Navigating New Insecurities in Displacement March 31, 2020
  • Reflections on Conducting a Lean Research Field Study November 30, 2019
  • How to Achieve the American Dream on an Immigrant’s Income April 30, 2019
  • Retaining, Changing, and Surrendering Hegemonic Masculinities April 30, 2019
  • The Ties that Bind (or Not): Social Networks Among Extra-Continental Migrants April 30, 2019
  • No Sweat – If You Are a Woman April 30, 2019
  • Financial Biographies, Volume I April 30, 2019
  • You and I Are Not Friends: The Challenges of Ethnographic Study in the Migration Field April 30, 2019
  • Tracing the Financial Journeys of Nepali Migrants April 30, 2019
  • The Other Migration: The Financial Journeys of Asians and Africans Traveling Through the Americas April 30, 2019
  • What Can Hotels Teach Us about Smuggling? March 31, 2019
  • Migrants Hold onto Their Religious Identities for Emotional Support and to Build Networks Crucial to Their Journeys March 31, 2019
  • In Adjusting to New Labor Markets, Migrants Draw on Past Experience and Retain a Strong Sense of Pride in Being Able to Contribute March 31, 2019
  • Language Isolation on the Migrant Trail March 31, 2019
  • Origins Breed Commonalities, Camaraderie, and Conflict March 31, 2019
  • “I’m the Everything”: The Overlooked Heroism of Refugee Youth in the United States February 28, 2019
  • Financial Integration of Refugees in Dallas, Texas February 28, 2019
  • Striking the Match: Digital Financial Inclusion for Jordan’s Refugees December 31, 2017
  • ‘I followed the flood’: A Gender Analysis of the Moral and Financial Economies of Forced Migration December 31, 2017
  • The Financial Journey of Refugees: Evidence from Greece, Jordan, and Turkey September 30, 2017
  • Financial Inclusion in Refugee Economies February 28, 2017
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