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Microfinance and Microbrews: November 11th featuring the Bill & Melinds Gates Foundation’s Financial Services for the Poor

October 19, 2008 1 Comment

SeaMo is pleased to announce November’s Microfinance and Microbrews at Spitfire (2219 Fourth Avenue, Seattle) on Tuesday, November 11th beginning at 5:30pm. This month we are featuring Evelyn Stark, Senior Program Officer in the Global Development Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Evelyn recently joined the foundation’s Financial Services for the Poor office, ...

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Seattle Microfinance and Microbrews

April 6, 2008 2 Comments

When: Thursday, April 24, 5:30PM Where: 314 Occidental Ave S, Seattle (Map It) Come meet other people interested in microfinance at SeaMo’s first networking happy hour while enjoying Manny’s Pale Ale, one of Seattle’s finest microbrews. Seattle is a hub for microfinance activity and SeaMo wants to bring the community together to foster friendship and ...

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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...