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Law and Microfinance: Harmonizing the Regulatory Regime

April 7, 2009 1 Comment

To avoid doing more harm than good, microfinance law needs to share common elements across national boundaries.

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Law and Microfinance Conference at Pitt

February 12, 2009 No Comments

Feb 12, 2009 — PITTSBURGH-In an effort to provide further insight into financial initiatives that have given more than 65 million impoverished people opportunities to garner small loans and build assets, the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Law, “Journal of Law and Commerce,” and Law and Entrepreneurship Program will present the conference Microfinance and the ...

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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...