Event Name: Impact Investing Summit: Advanced Investment Strategies for the Bottom of the Pyramid
Event Date: September 20 to September 21, 2011
Event Location: Holiday Inn Central / White House, Washington DC, USA
Category: Events
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Online Discussion on Islamic Banking and Microfinance, June 28 – June 30, 2011
Event Name: Speakers Corner #44: Islamic Banking and Microfinance
Event Date: June 28 to June 30, 2011
Event Location: Online
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Fifth African Microfinance Conference, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, September 19 – September 22, 2011
Event Name: 5th African Microfinance Conference
Event Date: September 19 to September 22, 2011
Event Location: United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Boston Microfinance Club Hosts Technology and Microfinance Colloquium, June 23, 2011, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Event Name: Technology and Microfinance Colloquium
Event Date: June 23, 2011
Event Time: 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Event Location: The Microsoft NERD Center, Horace Mann Room, One Memorial Drive, Suite 100, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Munich Re Foundation to Host Seventh International Microinsurance Conference, November 8 – November 10, 2011, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Event Name: Seventh International Microinsurance Conference
Event Date: November 8 – November 10, 2011
Event Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Boston Microfinance Club Hosts Panel Discussion, “Beyond the Initial ‘Hype’: The Future of Microfinance”, June 21, 2011, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Event Name: Beyond the Initial ‘Hype’: The Future of Microfinance
Event Date: June 21, 2011
Event Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Fourth Annual Asia Network Summit, Manila, Philippines, July 26 – July 27, 2011
Event Name: Asia Network Summit 2011
Event Date: July 26 to July 27, 2011
Event Location: Manila, Philippines
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Call for Applications For India’s 8th Annual Citi Micro Entrepreneur Awards
Citi Foundation, the charitable arm of global financial services provider Citi, has issued a call for applications for its 8th annual Citi Micro Entrepreneur Awards (CMEA).
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Making Cents International Hosts the 2011 Global Youth Economic Opportunities Conference in Washington, DC, September 7 – September 9, 2011
Event Name: 2011 Global Youth Economic Opportunities Conference
Event Date: September 7 – September 9, 2011
Event Location: the National Convention Center, Washington, DC
MICROFINANCE EVENT: USAID, SHOPS Present “Panel Discussion on Wealth and Health: Leveraging Microfinance for Better Health Outcomes,” June 13, 2011, Washington, DC, USA, And Online
Event Name: Panel Discussion: Wealth and Health: Leveraging Microfinance for Better Health Outcomes
Event Date: June 13, 2011
Event Time: 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
Event Location: Online or at the Diplomat Ballroom, Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert Street NW, Washington, DC, USA
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Triple Bottom Line Investing (TBLI) Presents “TBLI Conference Europe 2011,” November 10 & 11, 2011, London, United Kingdom
Event Name: TBLI Conference Europe 2011
Event Location: Grange St Paul’s Hotel, London, United Kingdom
Event Date: November 10 & November 11, 2011
See Our Comprehensive Event Calendar at: http://microfinanceassociation.ning.com/events
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: G20 SME (Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise) Finance Online Consultations Being Held Through June 17, 2011
The G20 SME (Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise) Finance Online Consultations are now ongoing through June 17 to help shape the policy recommendations of the SME Finance Sub-Group, which was launched as part of the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion to improve access to financial services for the poor. The Group of Twenty (G20) was established in 1999 to bring together finance ministers and central bank governors of “systematically important” industrialized and developing economies to discuss key issues in the global economy.
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: MFTransparency, Association of MicroFinance Institutions of Zambia (AMIZ) Launch Transparent Pricing Initiative in Zambia
US-based nonprofit MFTransparency and the 24-member Association of MicroFinance Institutions of Zambia (AMIZ) will co-host a workshop in Lusaka, Zambia, on June 6, 2011, effectively launching the Transparent Pricing Initiative in Zambia, the goal of which is to publish comparable cost data on microfinance products to help poor people make informed decisions when borrowing.
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Arusha Savings Groups Summit (ASGS), Arusha, Tanzania, October 4 – October 6, 2011
Event Name: Arusha Savings Groups Summit (ASGS)
Event Date: October 4 to October 6, 2011
Event Location: Arusha International Conference Center (AICC), Arusha, Tanzania
MICROFINANCE EVENT: XIV FOROMIC 2011: Inter-American Forum on Microenterprise, October 10 to 12, 2011, San Jose, Costa Rica, Organized by the Inter-American Development Bank and the Multilateral Investment Fund
Event Name: XIV FOROMIC 2011: Inter-American Forum on Microenterprise
Event Date: October 10 to October 12, 2011
Event Location: San Jose, Costa Rica
MICROFINANCE EVENT: 2nd Mobile Payment China 2011, July 12 – 13, 2011, Shanghai, China
Event Name: 2nd Mobile Payment China 2011
Event Date: July 12 to July 13, 2011
Event Location: Shanghai, China
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Second European Research Conference on Microfinance, June 16 – June 18, 2011, Groningen, The Netherlands
Event Name: Second European Research Conference on Microfinance
Event Date: June 16, 2011 to June 18, 2011
Event Location: Academy Building, University of Groningen, Broerstraat 5, Groningen, The Netherlands
MICROFINANCE EVENT: Global Insurance Conference 2011, Sponsored by World Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC), June 1 – June 2, 2011, Washington, DC, USA – Registration Closes May 25, 2011
Event Name: Global Insurance Conference
Event Date: June 1, 2011 to June 2, 2011
Event Location: Preston Auditorium, World Bank Headquarters, Washington, DC, USA