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MICROFINANCE EVENT: Microfinance in the World Today: Opportunities, Challenges and Seeds of Hope by OikoCredit and the Center for Social Value Creation, November 2, 2009, College Park, Maryland, US

Event Name: Microfinance in the World Today: Opportunities, Challenges and Seeds of Hope

Event Description: Conference

Event Location: College Park, Maryland, United States
See Our Comprehensive Event Calendar Here: http://microfinanceassociation.ning.com/events

Cost: Free

Summary of Event: This event will involve discussing microfinance trends and challenges, social performance, impact measurement, and truth in lending. It will allow participants to interact with leading professionals, local investors and get involved with a socially responsible investment fund.

Background on Organizer: OikoCredit is a privately-owned financier in the microfinance sector, based in the Netherlands. According to its website, it provides loans to about 500 microfinance institutions in about 70 countries. For more information, visit its website: http://www.oikocredit.org/site/en/

The Center for Social Value Creation is a part of the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, created to promote a curriculum of “thoughtful entrepreneurship” to its students. For more information, visit its website: http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/svc/

Event Themes and Discussion Topics:

  • Analysis of social performance indexes
  • Effectiveness of microfinance; is it working? Does it result in over access to credit?
  • The need for transparency and how the industry is approaching this topic

Who Is Invited to Attend: Open to anyone. (Students, adults, microfinance professionals, investors, etc.)

Featured Speakers:

  • Laura Foose (Alternative Credit Technologies)
  • Ging Ledesma (Oiko International)
  • Katie Torrington (FINCA).

Important Dates: Registration ends on November 2, 2009.

Online Registration: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dGtod3JIY2k2endfd0ZGaUktSjFKUlE6MA..

For additional information, please contact:

  • Contact Name: Devon Fisher
  • Telephone/Location: +1-202-728 4143
  • University of Maryland (Van Munching Hall)
  • Mowatt Lane
  • College Park, MD 20742 United States
  • Email: dfisher@oikocredit.org

Event Type: Conference
Event Date and Time: November 2, 2009 from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Location:
University of Maryland
Van Munching Hall (Mowatt Lane)
College Park, MD 20742
Website: http://www.oikocredit.org/site/en/doc.phtml?p=news_3

Organized By: OikoCredit and the Center for Social Value Creation

by Radhika Chandrasekhar, Research Assistant

Bibliography:

[1]Microfinance Gateway. Microfinance Today: Opportunities, Challenges and Seeds of Hope. http://www.microfinancegateway.org/p/site/m/template.rc/1.11.104198/

[2] OikoCredit. http://www.oikocredit.org/site/en/

[3] Center for Social Value Creation. http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/svc/

[4] Registration website for Event. http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dGtod3JIY2k2endfd0ZGaUktSjFKUlE6MA..

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