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By: Kim Wilson et al. This collection of profiles from Kenya explores stories that highlight refugee and migrant journeys and their

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Financial Biographies of Refugees in Uganda

January 4, 2023January 5, 2023 Anastasia Thano

By: Kim Wilson et al. This collection of profiles from Uganda explores stories that highlight refugee and migrant journeys and

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Publication Look Back: A Hope for a Home, Refuge? And Financial Biographies, Volume II.

June 9, 2022June 11, 2022 Anastasia Thano

This month from the Journeys Project… A Hope for a Home: A brief compendium of financial journeys of refugees and

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Refuge?: Refugees’ Stories of Rebuilding their Lives in Kenya

April 14, 2022June 11, 2022 Anastasia Thano

In this issue of Fresh FINDings, we are excited to share our newest report titled Refuge? Refugees’ Stories of Rebuilding

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REFUGE?: Refugees’ Stories of Rebuilding Their Lives in Kenya

March 31, 2022August 29, 2023 Anastasia Thano

By Sophie Gitonga, Ray Mwihaki, Julie Zollmann, and Kim Wilson. Illustrated by Liyou Zewide. As of January 2021, more than

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Following where Community-Driven Organizations Lead: Lessons for strengthening refugee financial integration

January 22, 2021November 14, 2021 Neiha S. Lasharie

By Julie Zollman and Kim Wilson “We have many people with a broken heart because of their history. So, we

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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

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

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Economic Integration

July 22, 2020April 9, 2021 Lori Zimmermann

This video draws on a case study of Uganda, where refugees move from their early arrival phase to coping long term with economic opportunities and set-backs. The information draws on Fletcher research in Uganda.

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Origins and Outcomes: Migrant Integration in Uganda

March 31, 2020November 14, 2021 Lori Zimmermann

By Dan Creamer, under the supervision of Kim Wilson.
In the United States, the postal code of one’s birthplace predicts more about one’s future than nearly any other factor. While interviewing refugees in Kampala and Bidi Bidi Camp, I found a parallel observation in which specific details of a refugee’s origin could predict their outcomes, particularly economic and locational outcomes. Refugees from similar places of origin tend to settle in similar locales. While this finding may be obvious to refugees and development organizations, the deterministic elements of a refugee’s place of origin do not seem to influence programming in the Uganda refugee context.