Research, project & publications by country
REACH has experience carrying out research and projects in over a dozen countries. Some of the research was carried out on a confidential basis for companies or other clients, and we are therefore unable to provide details or links to published reports. In cases in which REACH drafted published reports or research carried out by REACH or its founder was used as the basis for published reports, we have used included links to these reports. The following section provides examples research and projects that REACH has implemented, organized by country, as well as links to research reports and information about projects that is publicly available.
United States
- Immigrant Workers in US Agriculture: The Role of Labor Brokers in Vulnerability to. Forced Labor (2010)
- Creation and Facilitation of Coalition of Service Providers for Latino Community in Western Massachusetts (2008-2010)
- Strategic Plan for Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention in the Latino Community in Massachusetts (2010)
- Support Groups for Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence in Massachusetts (2008-2010)
- Art and Dance Therapy for Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence (2010)
- “Broken Hearts” and “Liberated Hearts”: Exhibitions of art created by victims of domestic and sexual violence (2010).
- Labor Brokerage and Trafficking of Nepali Migrant Workers (2012)
- Undocumented Workers in the U.S. Garment Sector (2014)
Mexico
- Research on recruitment of Guatemalan migrant workers in the Mexican coffee sector (2015)
- Rapid Appraisal of Labor Practices in the Mexican Coffee Industry (2017)
- Emerging Markets Research Project: research on labor law and worker rights violations (2014-2018)
- Research on laws and statistics on labor migration, recruitment, and human trafficking (2021)
- Research on recruitment and human trafficking among Guatemalan construction and tourism workers in Quintana Roo (2021)
- Labor Risks in Melon Production in Mexico (2022)
- Research on forced labor in the Mexican coffee sector (2022)
- Rapid appraisal research on support mechanisms for farmworkers in the sugarcane and tobacco sectors in the states of Jalisco and Nayarit (2023)
- Rapid appraisal research on illegal fishing in Yucatán, Mexico (2024)Rapid appraisal research on child labor and forced labor in cocoa, coffee and sugarcane in San Luis Potosí and Chiapas (2024)
Guatemala
- Small Arms and the Cycle of Violence: The Rise of Transnational Gangs in Central America (2010)
- Support Groups for Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence in Quetzaltenango (2011-2012)
- “Don’t Hurt Me Anymore”/ “Ya No Me Lastimes,” art exhibition created by Child Victims of Domestic Violence (2011)
- Research on Indicators of Forced Labor in the Guatemala Coffee Sector (2009-2012)
- Transforming Community-Level Violent Conflict: Militancy, Inter-Subjectivity and Social Networks in Conflict (2014)
- Mujer Jaguar Project: Memories of the Civil War Widows of Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala (2015)
- Research on labor conditions among Guatemalan domestic workers (2016)
- The woman on the 25-cent coin and other voices from Guatemala’s genocide (2016)
- Labor and Human Rights Risk Analysis of the Guatemalan Palm Oil Sector (2013)
- Risk Analysis of Labor Violations Among Farmworkers in the Guatemalan Sugar Sector (2017)
- Improving Supply Chain Transparency, Monitoring, and Accountability in Guatemala’s Coffee Sector project (2015-2018, on behalf of Verité with funding from the U.S. Department of State and Keurig Dr Pepper)
- Research on laws and statistics on labor migration, recruitment, and human trafficking (2021)
- Research on human rights risks in the Guatemalan coffee sector (2025)
El Salvador
- Small Arms and the Cycle of Violence: The Rise of Transnational Gangs in Central America (2010)
- Research on laws and statistics on labor migration, recruitment, and human trafficking (2021)
Honduras
- Research on forced labor and child labor in the Honduran coffee sector (2022)
- Research on human rights risks in the Honduran coffee sector (2025)
Nicaragua
- Research on laws and statistics on labor migration, recruitment, and human trafficking (2021)
Costa Rica
- Research on laws and statistics on labor migration, recruitment, and human trafficking (2021)
- Field research on recruitment and human trafficking risks among Nicaraguan workers employed in the Costa Rican pineapple sector (2021)
Panama
- Research on laws and statistics on labor migration, recruitment, and human trafficking (2021)
Dominican Republic
- Research on Labor Conditions in the Dominican Republic’s Cocoa Sector (2024)
Colombia
- Research on human trafficking and organized crime in illegal gold mining in Colombia (2015)
- The Nexus of Illegal Gold Mining and Human Trafficking in Global Supply Chains: Lessons from Latin America (2016, based on research carried out by Verité and REACH’s Director in Colombia and Peru)
- Rapid Appraisal of Labor Practices in the Colombian Coffee Sector (2017)
- Emerging Markets Research Project: research on labor law and worker rights violations (2014-2018)
Brazil
- Emerging Markets Research Project: research on labor law and worker rights violations (2017-2018)
Ecuador
- Research on human trafficking in illegal fishing in Ecuador (2013)
- Labor and Human Rights Risk Analysis of Ecuador’s Palm Oil Sector (2016)
Peru
- Support Groups for Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence in Cusco (2012)
- Risk Analysis of Indicators of Forced Labor and Human Trafficking in Illegal Gold Mining in Peru (2013)
- Emerging Markets Research Project: research on labor law and worker rights violations (2014-2018)
- Research on Labor Conditions in Peru’s Cocoa Sector (2024)
Chile
- Emerging Markets Research Project: research on labor law and worker rights violations (2014-2018)