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Does Microfinance Reduce Poverty? Grameen Hosts a Chicago…

by Opportunity International

On Monday at the Chase Auditorium in Chicago, Grameen Foundation hosted a lunchtime discussion called, “Does microfinance reduce poverty? A dialogue on the social impact of microfinance as a development…

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SEEP Conference: “Panel Explores Tools to Help Manage…

by Eric Meyer

The following post was published on the USAID‘s Microlinks blog today, Thursday, Nov. 4. It was written by Eric Meyer, Opportunity’s agricultural finance manager, who is guest blogging about the 2010…

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SEEP Conference: “Newspaper Headline Risk for MFIs-Transparency…

by Opportunity International

The following post was published on the USAID‘s Microlinks blog on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010. It was written by Eric Meyer, Opportunity’s agricultural finance manager, who is guest blogging about…

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What We're Reading and Discussing: Dead Aid by Dambisa…

by Opportunity International

Every Wednesday, we highlight an article, book or a blog in our “What We’re Reading” series. We feature works that are noteworthy, inspiring, educational or relevant to the work we do at Opportunity.…

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SEEP Conference: “Our Best Thoughts Come from Others”

by Eric Meyer

The following post was originally published on the USAID‘s new Microlinks blog on Monday, Nov. 1, 2010. It was written by Eric Meyer, Opportunity’s agricultural finance manager, who is guest blogging…

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Event: Connecting and Inspiring Microfinance Professionals…

by Opportunity International

All this week, the 2010 SEEP Conference will be taking place in Arlington, Va. The annual conference is a forum for microenterprise development practitioners from around the globe to connect on the challenges…

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Educational Entrepreneurs, Bringing Schools to the…

by Janelle Lassonde

Education is one of the most vital development tools for individuals and countries. Through the Banking on Education initiative, we’ve disbursed over 450 loans to educational entrepreneurs operating…

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CGAP Report: Mobile Phone Banking Effectively Reaches…

by Opportunity International

CGAP Technology Blog posted a report yesterday on the effectiveness of “branchless banking” (mobile phone banking) in seven countries, with eight high profile m-banking providers, including M-PESA…

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Our Insight Trip to Meet the Microfinance Clients of…

by Westina Matthews Shatteen

Our travelers gathered with Trust Group loan officers in their office to begin the day with morning devotions. The 15officers have 4,375 clients managed out of this particular office. Despite the heavy…

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Ohio State Students Break Bread to Fight Poverty

by Megan Colgan

The following is a guest blog post by Megan Colgan, a senior undergraduate student at Ohio State University and a former Opportunity intern: Appetizers galore, tasty homemade meatloaf, a giant platter…

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