Harnessing Student Potential In Microfinance
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Ben Thomas
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Spain Microcredit Summit…
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yunus 2010s
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iShop4Microfinance.org
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Ben Thomas's Discussions
Global Summit Student Schedule
Welcome!As a student at the Summit, you have the opportunity to attend additional, student-exclusive agenda items at the Global Microcredit Summit 2011! MFI Connect, the official host of the…Continue
Tags: 2011, Spain, Students, Summit, Microcredit
Started Nov 12, 2011
Who do you want to see at the 2011 Microcredit Global Summit?
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Are you planning on attending the 2011 Microcredit Global Summit in Valladolid, Spain in November? MFIConnect has the unique opportunity of taking part in planning Associated Sessions specifically…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Alissa Orlando Jul 20, 2011.
What is Happening with Yunus?
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Here are two articles on attempts to oust Yunus as Director of the Grameen bank. The first includes commentary by Sam Daley-Harris and the second is an AP article posted by a smaller station but is…Continue
Tags: Policis, Corruption, Microfinance, Yunus, Muhammad
Started this discussion. Last reply by Chris Temple Nov 2, 2011.
Review of Yunus' New Book
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At the end of May, Muhammad Yunus released his third book, Building Social Business: The New Kind of Capitalism that Serves Humanity's Most Pressing Needs. The book is a follow-up to Creating a World…Continue
Tags: Yunus, Muhammad, Business, Social
Started this discussion. Last reply by Chris Becker Jun 16, 2010.
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Profile Information
- What is the name of your company, organization, or school?
- MFI Connect
- What is your job function?
- Team Member
- How did you find out about the Microfinance Network?
- I became involved with MFI Connect after an incredible Microcredit Summit with the Team and MFI Connect Delegation in Nairobi, Kenya, in April 2010
- What is your alma mater?
- I am currently a student at Siena College
- Why are you here?
- I work with the MFI Connect Team on Research and Development as well as Outreach.
- What are you currently working on?
- I am currently working with MFI Connect and am a Microfinance Ambassador for www.iShop4Microfinance.com. I am studying abroad in Cambodia, and am looking forward to returning to Siena College to continue work on Fair Trade and Microfinance initiatives.
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Conference Review for Arcadia University and Siena College Newsletters
Below is the review that I wrote for the 2010 Africa Middle East Regional Microfinance Summit last April. It will be featured in newsletters from the study abroad departments at Arcadia University and Siena College.
While studying abroad through Arcadia University and Siena College in April, I attended the Africa-Middle East Regional Microcredit Summit in Nairobi, Kenya. Microcredit, also known as “microfinance,” is a worldwide developmental…
ContinuePosted on June 16, 2010 at 3:30pm
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Spain Microcredit Summit…
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Two Dollar Challenge
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