Joel Millman

Joel Millman is a journalist, an author and an authority on world migration. He was a longtime reporter for The Wall Street Journal based in Portland, Oregon, covering global issues, immigration and the Pacific Northwest. He later became spokesperson for the International Organization for Migration in Geneva. As an ICWA fellow based in El Salvador in 1987–1989, Joel investigated the impact of arms aid on recipient countries in Central America. He is the author of The Other Americans: How Immigrants Renew Our Country, Our Economy and Our Values, and worked at Forbes magazine as an associate editor.

Posts and Dispatches from Joel Millman:

• Could emigres drive Africa’s economic future?
  Brain drain is siphoning tens of thousands of professionals a year but some have become the continent’s leading investors....

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• Signage from Suriname’s ‘Casablanca’
  The capital’s residents hail from diverse cultures and languages. Could that present an opportunity?...

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• FORBES Africa: Joel Millman on Africa’s agricultural entrepreneurs
  “Advancing Agriculture,” by Joel Millman (El Salvador, 1987-1989), Forbes Africa, February-March 2025 issue...

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• WSJ: Joel Millman on meals from Guatemala
  “1,800 Miles to Satisfy a Craving: Meet the World’s Most Dedicated Food-Delivery Guy,” by Joel Millman (El Salvador, 1987-1989), Wall Street Journal, January 2, 2025...

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• ENVOY: Joel Millman on tuk tuks in Guatemala
  “Tuk Tuks from Asia Serve As Job Multipliers,” by Joel Millman (El Salvador, 1987 – 1989), ENVOY, May 19, 2024...

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• WSJ: Joel Millman on prisons-turned-wedding venues
  “Wedding Venues That Give a New Twist to the Ol’ Ball and Chain,” by Joel Millman (El Salvador, 1987-1989), Wall Street Journal, February 12, 2024...

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• Bloomberg Businessweek: Joel Millman on Venezuela’s economic collapse
  “Give Us Your Engineers, Your Doctors, Your Entrepreneurs,” by Joel Millman (El Salvador, 1987-1989), Bloomberg Businessweek, May 11, 2023...

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• WSJ: Joel Millman on Christmas and goats
  It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year—for Goats (No Kidding), by Joel Millman (Central America, 1987-1989), The Wall Street Journal, January 17, 2023...

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• Returning to Central America
  Former fellow Joel Millman revisits his old stomping ground three decades after major change swept the world....

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• IOM Iraq Emergency Tracking: 17,916 Individuals Displaced in First Two Weeks of Mosul Operations
  Past fellow Joel Millman is tracking the displaced families in Iraq during the military effort to retake Mosul from ISIS.  His findings can be found on the International Organization for Migration’s website through the link below. http://www.iom.int/news/iom-iraq-emergency-tracking-17916-individuals-displaced-first-two-weeks-mosul-operations...

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