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

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

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)

Microfinance: Global Partnerships’ splendid torch

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

Muhammad Yunus on the Charlie Rose Show

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

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

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

Global Visionaries Open House and Upcoming Trip

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 [...]

Does the Gates Foundation funding of microcredit have impact?