February 28, 2010
Spurred by a course on development economics, three students and a faculty member at Washington and Lee University are turning theory into practice by starting a microfinance club called The General Development Initiative . At first the club will focus on raising donations to be invested directly in microfinance projects helping communities in Central and ...
News and Commentary
February 26, 2010
How do you make #microfinance more accessible to muslims? @SelbergZaib from @Islamic_Relief focuses on interest free loans.
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February 26, 2010
Seattle Hanging its Hat on Global Health as next anchor industry? http://bit.ly/cBCRdn
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February 25, 2010
just finished great meeting with the development ctte at @gpmicrofinance — great group of folks and amazing staff!
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February 25, 2010
Wow. Mozart on Root Beer Bottles via @microfundo http://yoono.com/proNEx6
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February 24, 2010
Meet Tol Gormaa who lives in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, where winter temperatures can be as cold as -40 Celsius. Like 60% of the city population, Tol and her family, including 9 grandchildren, live in tents called gers, with wooden frames covered by layers of wool felt.
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February 24, 2010
Anyone have a lead for a speaker on social networking for business? Planning a conference in November.
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February 24, 2010
Interview with @davidroodman about his open book blog on #microfinance http://bit.ly/9ooXhX
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February 24, 2010
Adding consumer protections for the poor http://bit.ly/9MLA5n
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February 24, 2010
Elisa and Chris of @gpmicrofinance publish article and photos in Eliza magazine http://bit.ly/ddlstp
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