Archive for October, 2008

October 31, 2008 No Comments

Venture Beat: “Will “social capital” be the next big industry to emerge?”

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“Microfinance Explosion”: Brown Bag Lunch at University of Puget Sound

October 31, 2008 No Comments

Andrew Miller-McKeever (IPE ’09) will discuss “Microfinance Explosion” at the next IPE Brown Bag event on Wednesday 11/5 at 1pm in the WSC Murray Boardroom. Everyone is invited. (Full Article)

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October 31, 2008 No Comments

Microfinance: Global Partnerships’ splendid torch

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October 30, 2008 No Comments

American Banker to Honor Janie Barrera and Accion Texas With 2008 Innovator Award

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October 27, 2008 No Comments

Gates Foundation grant helps PlaNet Finance to enhance the poor’s access to financial services through mobile banking

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October 27, 2008 No Comments

Freedom From Hunger Experiments With Discounted Health Care to Microcredit Borrowers to Drive Lower Default Rates

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October 27, 2008 No Comments

Wokai CEO Courtney McColgan to Speak at UW about Microfinance in China

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Global Visionaries Open House and Upcoming Trip

October 26, 2008 No Comments

Global Visionaries, a Seattle organization whose mission is to educate and empower youth to become global citizens, will be showing off their new office digs at an open house and informational session. If you are interested in participating in an upcoming trip to Guatemala, would like to learn more about the organization, or are actively ...

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October 25, 2008 1 Comment

Does the Gates Foundation funding of microcredit have impact?

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“Equilibrium”: Microfinance Event at Seattle Pacific U on May 10th

Equilibrium | SPU 2012 from Mandie Sodoma on Vimeo. May 10th, 6-9 pm, Martin Square, Seattle, WA

Catalyst for Change 48 Hour Challenge

From the Rockefeller Foundation and the Institute for the Future:

All About Upaya: Microenterprise Accelerator

To learn more about the work of Upaya and its LiftUP Project, click on the image to watch their...

UPDATE: Screening of Bonsai People, the New Muhammad Yunus Documentary

SeaMo and other members of the Seattle microfinance community will be hosting the premier of Bonsai People, a documentary...

Wokai Seattle: Drinks for a Better World on December 8th

Wokai commissioned emerging Chinese photographers to travel to remote rural villages and capture images of Wokai’s work in microfinance....