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Global Partnerships – Social Investor Forum – June 8
Global Partnerships’ first Social Investor Forum–featuring President Rick Beckett and Board President Dean Allen–will discuss GP’s microfinance investment fund strategy.
Microfinance Travel: The Video
Watch this brief video for an intro to microfinance in Latin America and the kinds of experiences you’ll have on a Global Partnerships’ PartnerTrip.
Take a “Virtual” Microfinance Journey — February 5 at REI
Global Partnerhips is hosting a “virtual” microfinance journey at REI on February 5, and recruiting for our upcoming PartnerTrip to Bolivia in April.
“The Next Era in Microfinance”: Sept. 22 event featuring GP’s Rick Beckett
On Tuesday, September 22, Global Partnerships’ President & CEO Rick Beckett will speak on the topic of “The Next Era of Microfinance” at the Frye Art Museum Auditorium. SeaMo and Global Partnerships are cosponsoring the event.
Travel With Global Partnerships to El Salvador
Want to see microfinance in action in a Central American country with a fascinating history? Consider joining Global Partnerships (GP) on a PartnerTrip to El Salvador, from November 15 to 22, 2009.
The Social Side of Microfinance
Two microfinance institutions in Nicaragua–FDL and Pro Mujer in Nicaragua–are examples of a growing phenomenon: MFIs that combine a sustainable business model with services beyond microcredit aimed at helping clients improve their lives and break the cycle of poverty for good. Global Partnerships seeks out such MFIs.
New Solution for Currency Risk Threat to Microfinance
MFX Solutions, a new company that launched operations Tuesday, will, for the first time, make sophisticated hedging instruments accessible to microfinance lenders.
What Microfinance in Nicaragua and Bolivia Looks Like
This is the topic Global Partnerships that staffer Chris Megargee and Seattle video team Rustin Thompson and Ann Hedreen are now investigating in a 10-day trip through Nicaragua and Bolivia to document microfinance programs of three of our partner groups. You can follow along.
Global Partnerships Is Hiring – Four Positions Now
Global Partnerships is now hiring for four positions based in our Seattle office, three of which are new.
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