This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Building Markets started in 2004 with a deceptively simple mission: to reduce poverty in crisis-impacted countries by championing local entrepreneurs. Building markets connect small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to new…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The well-worn debate over whether immigrants contribute to the nation’s prosperity or compete with U.S.-born workers can be heard again in discussions on whether Congress should legalize unauthorized immigrants who…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From the United States, Germany, and Greece to Kenya, Iran, and the Dominican Republic, national governments in 2017 reinforced their determination to return unwelcome migrants and, in some cases, refugees…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Jordan has a long history of being a place of refuge, and there are many Palestinians here who are or were refugees. Indeed a high proportion of the Jordanian population…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Conflict has forced 1.7 million people to flee their homes in the Democratic Republic of Congo this year, causing “a mega-crisis,” aid agencies say. This means that for the second…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The current refugee crisis represents a man-made disaster, the result of ongoing internal conflicts, especially in Afghanistan, Syria, and South Sudan. More than half of the 22.5 million refugees hail…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. President Trump and countless Republicans ran on fixing our immigration system. There is no shortage of ideas on how to get the job done: build a wall; build fences; use…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The severity of the world’s fastest-growing refugee crisis becomes even clearer when viewed from space. An estimated 624,000 Rohingya refugees, a Muslim ethnic minority in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state, have fled to neighboring Bangladesh…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Cambodia’s military chief has vowed to “smash the teeth” of anyone who does not support Prime Minister Hun Sen, who said it would be worth sacrificing 200 lives to stay in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Amid growing momentum in Congress to pass DREAM Act legislation before the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program expires, critics are arguing that legalization would spur vast new “chain…
Afghanistan has long been a source of migration, both within the region and further afield. Yet as the nature of these movements continues to change, little information is available about…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A billionaire entrepreneur, a former education secretary and the head of a high-performing charter school network came to Capitol Hill together Wednesday to impress upon Congress the urgency of saving…