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Foreign Born in Boston Publications
New Bostonians Summit, March 31, 2010: Briefing Books & Presentation
Briefing Book: Education and the Foreign-Born in Boston
Publication # MONB Summit
Alvaro Lima, Mark Melnik, & Professor Barry Bluestone, Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy, Northeastern University
3/1/2010
The BRA’s Research Division provided data and analysis for the Mayor’s Office of New Bostonians (MONB) first New Bostonians Summit held on March 31, 2010. The Education and the Foreign-Born in Boston is a Summit briefing book about the differences in the educational attainment between Boston's native-born and foreign-born population.

Briefing Book: Demographic Profile of the Foreign-Born in Boston
Publication # MONB Summit
Alvaro Lima, Mark Melnik, & Professor Barry Bluestone, Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy, Northeastern University
3/1/2010
The BRA’s Research Division provided data and analysis for the Mayor’s Office of New Bostonians (MONB) first New Bostonians Summit held on March 31, 2010. The Demographic Profile of the Foreign-Born in Boston is a Summit briefing book about the demographic characteristics of Boston's foreign-born population over time.

Briefing Book: Labor Market Trends in Metro Boston
Publication # MONB Summit
Alvaro Lima, Mark Melnik, & Professor Barry Bluestone, Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy, Northeastern University
3/1/2010
The BRA’s Research Division provided data and analysis for the Mayor’s Office of New Bostonians (MONB) first New Bostonians Summit held on March 31, 2010. The Labor Market Trends is a Summit briefing book that looks at Metro Boston's current labor market and workforce, highlighting the importance of education and language skills both currently and in the future.

Briefing Book: English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Programs in Boston
Publication # MONB Summit
Alvaro Lima, Mark Melnik, & Professor Barry Bluestone, Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy, Northeastern University
3/1/2010
The BRA’s Research Division provided data and analysis for the Mayor’s Office of New Bostonians (MONB) first New Bostonians Summit held on March 31, 2010. The English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Programs in Boston is a Summit briefing book focusing on ESOL students in Boston and how well they are performing in Massachusetts Department of Education (DOE) funded language-learning courses.

New Bostonians Summit, Boston, March - 2010 Panel Presentation
Publication # MONB Summit
Alvaro Lima
3/1/2010
The BRA’s Research Division provided data and analysis for the Mayor’s Office of New Bostonians (MONB) first New Bostonians Summit held on March 31, 2010. This presentation given by Alvaro Lima, Director of Research, at the Summit, highlights and discusses the importance of education and language skills to the labor market, both current and for the future, and its accompanying economic impact.

Citywide
Transnationalism: What it Means to Local Communities
Publication #
Alvaro Lima
1/4/2010
An article written by Alvaro Lima, the BRA's Director of Research titled, "Transnationalism: What it Means to Local Communities," is featured in the Winter 2010, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Communities & Banking.
Much has been written about transnational immigrants -people who move to a new country but keep strong economic, social, and political connections with their countries of origin. Not enough has been understood, however, about transnationals' contribution to their local communities.

Mediating Integration: Latino Immigrant Organizations in Greater Boston
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Mark Melnik, Alvaro Lima, Amy Moran, Cristina Escobar
12/1/2009
This article published in REMHU - Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, by Mark Melnik, the BRA's Deputy Director for Research and Alvaro Lima, the Director of Research, and others, features a case study of selected immigrant organizations from Greater Boston's largest Latino immigrant communities. Conducting interviews with leaders from these organizations, the research finds connections and alliances crucial for social integration and transnationalism.

New Bostonians 2009
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Alvaro Lima, Mark Melnik, Nanette Dyer Blake
9/28/2009
New Bostonians 2009 is an update to the New Bostonians 2005, a demographic and economic snapshot of Boston’s foreign-born population, prepared for the Mayor’s Office of New Bostonians by the BRA Research Division
This recent update contains new data and calculations using the most recent American Community Survey, a yearly survey by the U.S. Census Bureau to allow communities to see how they are changing in the years between decennial censuses.

imagine all the people – Haitian immigrants in Boston
Publication # 610-3
Alvaro Lima, Martina Toponarski, Nanette Dyer Blake, Mark Melnik
8/5/2009
"imagine all the people" is a series produced by the Boston Redevelopment Authority Research Division for the Mayor's Office of New Bostonians that highlights immigrant communities and their contributions to Boston's social, cultural and economic life.
This recently updated profile contains the new data and calculations using the most recent American Community Survey, a yearly survey by the U.S. Census Bureau to allow communities to see how they are changing in the years between decennial censuses.

imagine all the people - Hispanics in Boston
Publication # 610-5
Alvaro Lima, Mark Melnik, Jeremy B. Thompson
8/5/2009
Produced by the Boston Redevelopment Authority's Research Division for the Mayor's Office of New Bostononians this is a profile of the Hispanic population in Boston. The "imagine all the people" series highlights immigrant communities and their economic contributions to Boston's social, cultural, and economic life.
This profile includes all Hispanics living in Boston, both native-born and foreign-born.
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imagine all the people - Dominican immigrants in Boston
Publication # 610-4
Alvaro Lima, Mark Melnik, Jeremy B. Thompson
8/5/2009
"imagine all the people" is a series produced by the Boston Redevelopment Authority Research Division for the Mayor's Office of New Bostonians that highlights immigrant communities and their contributions to Boston's social, cultural and economic life.

imagine all the people - Brazilian immigrants in Boston
Publication # 610-2
Alvaro Lima, Martina Toponarski, Nanette Dyer Blake, Mark Melnik
8/5/2009
"imagine all the people" is a series produced by the Boston Redevelopment Authority Research Division for the Mayor's Office of New Bostonians that highlights immigrant communities and their contributions to Boston's social, cultural and economic life.
This recently updated profile contains the new data and calculations using the most recent American Community Survey, a yearly survey by the U.S. Census Bureau to allow communities to see how they are changing in the years between decennial censuses.

imagine all the people - foreign-born immigrants in Boston
Publication # 610-1
Alvaro Lima, Martina Toponarski, Nanette Dyer Blake, Mark Melnik
8/5/2009
Produced by the Boston Redevelopment Authority's Research Division for the Mayor's Office of New Bostononians this is the introduction to the "imagine all the people" series that highlights immigrant communities and their contributions to Boston's social, cultural, and economic life.
This recently updated profile contains new data and calculations using the most recent American Community Survey, a yearly survey by the U.S. Census Bureau to allow communities to see how they are changing in the years between decennial censuses.


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