Brookings Institution Future Development blog:
“Central Americans need less violence, more development, and a safe place to stay,” April 3, 2019
“Micro and macro aid complement each other: A response to ‘broken aid’,” July 20, 2018
“Violence drives immigration from Central America,” June 26, 2018
“Development, Self-Interest, and Countries Left Behind,” February 7, 2018
“Not your parents’ foreign aid: the shift from power to proximity and poverty,” September 20, 2017
“Aid is not oil: The source of non-tax revenue affects its impact on Democratization,” January 30, 2017
Other Blog Posts/Op-Eds
Bermeo, Sarah. “ICE reversal: part push to reopen schools, part hardline immigration policy,” The Hill, July 12, 2020.
“Could foreign aid help stop Central Americans from coming to the U.S.?” Monkey Cage/Washington Post, June 18, 2019.
“The Importance of Nuanced, Policy-Relevant Development Research,” Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation, November 9, 2018.
“Cutting foreign aid or closing the border will not stop migration” (Durham Herald Sun, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Toronto Globe and Mail), October 23, 2018.
“Merits of Central American Migration” (Raleigh News & Observer and Durham Herald Sun), July 6, 2018. Spanish version (in El Nacional and La Prensa Gráfica) “Los méritos del centroamericano que migra a Estados Unidos,” July 4, 2018.
Op-Ed in The Hill: “Reserving foreign aid for ‘friends’ who agree with the U.S. misses the mark,” February 9, 2018
Op-Ed in Monkey Cage/Washington Post (with David Leblang): “Trump wants to cut immigration and foreign aid. Here’s how they’re connected,” February 22, 2018
On Devex: “Not your parents’ foreign aid: The shift from power to proximity and poverty,” October 21, 2017
Podcasts/Media Interviews:
“Foreign Aid Cuts Could Make U.S. Less Secure,” PRI, The World, February 10, 2020 (podcast; transcript).
“Florida teen girls step up to translate Indigenous Mayan languages,” PRI, The World, September 23, 2019.
“Can you reduce Central American migration?” BBC, The Inquiry, August 1, 2019 (radio podcast).
“Crisis in Central America“, WCHL, April 9, 2019 (radio podcast).
“Connections: Discussing migration in Central America and U.S. foreign aid“, WXXI, March 5, 2019 (radio podcast).
“The Real Crisis South of the Border,” Talk Media News “Wake”, Episode 47, January 20, 2019 (radio podcast).
Policy 360 podcast interview on my book, Targeted Development, Episode 82, January 11, 2019.
“Is the Migrant Caravan a National Security Crisis?” Policy 360 podcast, Episode 78, November 3, 2018.
“Migrant caravans grow in Central America,” ABC Australia Late Night Live, October 23, 2018 (radio podcast).
“Migrant Caravan Heads to the US,” BBC Business Matters, October 22, 2018 (radio podcast).
Center for Global Development podcast, interview on my book, Targeted Development, August 9, 2018.
“Living in the Shadows: One Mother and Son’s Reunion After Crossing the Border,” WYPR, July 26, 2018 (radio podcast).
“‘Play the long game:’ US must continue aid in Central America, analysts say,” Devex, July 11, 2018.