Understanding Financial Health of Refugees in Jordan: Empirical FINDings II
By Swati Mehta Dhawan and Hans-Martin Zademach Abstract: This report is a compilation of the empirical findings from the in-depth interviews
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Technology
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
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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Venezuelan Migrants in Ecuador and Underground Remittances
This talk by Natalia Espinosa Tokuhama briefly touches on the socio-economic and political history of the Central America, discusses the mechanics of the remittances scheme, and gives an overview of migrant financial health in Quito.
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Supporting the Financial Health of Refugees: The Finance in Displacement (FIND) Study in Uganda and Mexico
By Karen Jacobsen and Kim Wilson One of the biggest challenges facing refugees and migrants is navigating the livelihoods and
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“There’s (Not) an App for That”: Taking a Hard Look at the “App-ification” of Migration and the “Need” for New Technologies
By Madison Chapman, under the supervision of Kim Wilson Practitioners, advocates and writers often underscore the link between migration and
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Interventions
This video offers up examples of how humanitarian and development actors have chosen to intervene to assist migrants and refugees before, during and after their journeys. The information draws on the research and program examples of multiple actors in the aid world.
Read moreMaha, a Young Pediatrician is Forced to Leave her Daesh (ISIS)-Controlled Hometown in Northern Raqqa
She eventually leaves Syria for Turkey and hopes to continue on to Germany.
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