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SaveTogether Seattle Launch Party: December 2

November 21, 2009 2 Comments

When: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 at 6:00 PM (PT) Where: The Rat and Raven 5260 University Way NE Seattle, WA 98105

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Microfinance’s Circular Firing Squad

November 10, 2009 10 Comments

Why Kiva should ignore the critics and continue on with the business of revolutionizing microfinance.

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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...