Wokai commissioned emerging Chinese photographers to travel to remote rural villages and capture images of Wokai’s work in microfinance. Please join them for a viewing of these works and a celebration of this project to promote microfinance in China. Date: 12/08/11, Thursday Location: Fremont Brewing Company, 3409 Woodland Park...
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By Diane Lourdes Dick. The Law and Development Institute (“LDI”) and Seattle University School of Law will host the 2011 Law and Development Institute Conference on Saturday, Dec. 10, from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the LeRoux Room at the Seattle University Student Center. The conference was organized...
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In a partnership with Linked Foundation, Fonkoze and Global Partnerships plan to reach 50,000 poor and ultra poor women in Haiti with essential health services. In 2010, 15 percent of the poor market women served by Fonkoze left our program because of expenses related to health issues,” said Carine Roenen,...
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While conducting fieldwork for a microfinance organization in West Africa in 2006, Zidisha.org founder Julia Kurnia noticed something startling. Loans that were funded at zero interest by well-meaning participants at popular microlending websites were costing the impoverished beneficiaries more than 35% on average in interest and fees. The exorbitant...
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By Diane Lourdes Dick. What is “microfinance”? Does the term refer to a series of financial transactions, or does it suggest a social movement? Is microfinance defined by qualitative factors, or in terms of the economic value of each loan? If the latter, is the value ceiling set in real or relative...
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Wokai commissioned emerging Chinese photographers to travel to remote rural villages and capture images of Wokai’s work in microfinance....
By Diane Lourdes Dick. The Law and Development Institute (“LDI”) and Seattle University School of Law will host the...
In a partnership with Linked Foundation, Fonkoze and Global Partnerships plan to reach 50,000 poor and ultra poor women...
While conducting fieldwork for a microfinance organization in West Africa in 2006, Zidisha.org founder Julia Kurnia noticed something startling....
By Diane Lourdes Dick. What is “microfinance”? Does the term refer to a series of financial transactions, or does it suggest...
