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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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....

2011 Law and Development Institute Conference on Saturday, Dec. 10, at Seattle University

By Diane Lourdes Dick.  The Law and Development Institute (“LDI”) and Seattle University School of Law will host the...

Global Partnerships, Fonkoze Pledge to Reach 50,000 Women in 3 Years

In a partnership with Linked Foundation, Fonkoze and Global Partnerships plan to reach 50,000 poor and ultra poor women...

Zidisha Turns Microfinance on its Head

While conducting fieldwork for a microfinance organization in West Africa in 2006, Zidisha.org founder Julia Kurnia noticed something startling....

Points to Ponder: What is Microfinance?

By Diane Lourdes Dick.  What is “microfinance”? Does the term refer to a series of financial transactions, or does it suggest...