Event Name: The Third International Conference on Institutional and Technological Environment for Microfinance (ITEM3): Cost Management & Social Performance in Microfinance
Event Date: January 4 – January 7, 2012
Event Location: India Habitat Center (Magnolia Hall), Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110003, India
The consulting arm of Indian development bank National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), NABARD Consultancy Services (NABCONS), recently announced a training visit to India for African delegates entitled “India-Africa Agrifinance Confluence”.
Event Name: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Finance Initiative 13th Global Roundtable, “The Tipping Point: Sustained stability in the next economy”
Event Date: October 19 – October 20, 2011
Event Location: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington, DC, USA
In a presentation at the recent Toronto International Microfinance Summit, panelists weighed in on a range of current topics in the microfinance sector, including profitability, the effect of commercial investment and advances in technology.
Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), an effort established by former US President Bill Clinton in 2005 to bring together a community of global leaders to alleviate poverty, create a cleaner environment and increase access to health care and education, is holding its 2011 Annual Meeting in New York City, US, from September 20 to September 22, 2011.
Event Name: “Real” Banking for the Real Economy: Can Values-based Banking Sustainably Finance the Future?
Event Date: September 22, 2011; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Event Location: Washington, DC, USA
Event Name: Present and Future of Microfinance: Transparency, Client Protection and Social Impact for a Sustainable Growth
Event Date: October 24, 2011
Event Location: Milan, Italy
Event Name: The 2011 Investor’s Fair
Event Date: October 13 – October 14, 2011
Event Location: Hotel Alisa, Accra, Ghana
Event Name: Mobile Money Global Summit and Expo, 2011
Event Date: October 31 – November 3, 2011
Event Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Event Name: Cloud Computing and Financial Services for The Poor: Promise and Perils of a New Computing Paradigm
Event Date: September 16, 2011; 9:00 am – 10:30 am EDT
Event Location: QED Group, 1250 Eye Street, NW 11th Floor, Washington DC, USA or online
Axis Bank Foundation (ABF), the corporate social responsibility arm of India-based Axis Bank, and Bandhan Konnagar, the non-profit branch of Indian microfinance institution Bandhan Financial Services Private Limited (Bandhan), have collaborated to launch Axis Bank Bandhan Holistic Assistance (ABHA), to provide financial, health and support services to the “poorest of the poor” in two districts in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Event Name: Poverty Alleviation UN-Conference
Event Date: October 17 – October 20, 2011
Event Location: Club Med Ixtapa Pacific, Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo de Azueta, Mexico
Event Name: Indian Ocean / South Asia Mobile Payments & Banking Summit 2011
Event Date: November 21 – November 22
Event Location: Ramada Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Event Name: REDCAMIF Investors Meeting – “National Networks and the Role of Microfinance in the Region”
Event Date: October 10, 2011
Event Time: 10:30 am to 12:45 pm
Event Location: Hotel Ramada Herradura, San Jose, Costa Rica
Event Name: Calgary Microcredit Conference 2011 – “Microcredit and Beyond – The Emerging Wave of Social Business and Social Entrepreneurship”
Event Date: October 1, 2011
Event Location: Danish Canadian Club, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Event Name: microLINKS After Hours Seminar #54: Government Payments and Savings: A Last Mile Approach
Event Date: August 25, 2011, 4:00pm – 5:30pm
Event Location: Online or at QED Group LLC, 1250 Eye Street NW, 11th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, USA
Event Name: International Conference, Practice Meets Theory: What is the future of microfinance in the post Yunus era?
Event Date: September 2, 2011
Event Location: University of Agder – Kristiansand, Norway
The Global Disability Rights Library (GDRL) project, an initiative of the US International Council on Disabilities and the University of Iowa’s WiderNet Project, with funding support from the US Agency for International Development (USAID), has announced a call for applications to receive a free digital GDRL [1].