Event Name: Climate Change, Food Security and Resilience of Food and Agricultural Systems in Developing Countries: Mitigation and Adaptation Options
Event Date: November 25 – 27, 2010
Event Location: The University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
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Event Name: 6th Asian Conference on Healthcare and Health Insurance
Event Date: November 24 – 25, 2009
Event Location: The Orchard Hotel, Singapore
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Event Name: International Disaster and Risk Conference: “From Thoughts to Action”
Event Date: May 30 – June 3, 2010
Event Location: The Davos Congress Centre, Promenade 92 7270 Davos Platz, Davos, Switzerland
Event Website: http://www.idrcdavos2010.org/
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Event Name: “Payment in Emerging Countries” as part of CARTES & IDentification 2009
Event Location: Paris, Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition centre – France
Event Description: Conference
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Event Name: Responsible Regulation: Lessons and Innovations in Microfinance from the Developing World
Event Location: Via di Ripetta 231, Rome, 00186, Italy
Event Description: Conference
Event Name: Microfinance in the World Today: Opportunities, Challenges and Seeds of Hope
Event Description: Conference
Event Location: College Park, Maryland, United States
Event Name: Microinsurance: A New Goal for Microfinance
Event Date: December 3-4, 2009
Event Location: Hotel El Panamá, Vasco Núñez de Balboa Convention Center, Panama City, Panama
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On October 20, 2009, Vikram Akula of SKS Microfinance in India, Elizabeth Littlefield of CGAP at The World Bank and Kurt Koenigsfest of BancoSol in Bolivia spoke during a panel discussion on how to instill consumer protection principles within the microfinance industry. Elisabeth Rhyne, managing director of the Center for Financial Inclusion at ACCION International, made introductory remarks and Robin Ratcliffe, Director of the SMART Campaign, moderated the discussion.[1]
Event Name: Mobile Money Transfer (MMT) APAC Conference & Expo, December 8-9, 2009, Manila, Philippines
Date: December 8-9, 2009
Type: Conference
Location: Manila, Philippines
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Event Name: Mobiles & Money India
Event Location: Trident Nariman Point, Mumbai
Event Description: This is a three-day event that discusses the developing mobile banking sector, growth in India’s financial services and telecommunication sectors, and the providing of access of financial services to poorer segments of the population.
MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Approaches to Local Development through Sustainable Innovation, June 10-11, 2010, Trento, Italy
Event Name: Approaches to Local Development through Sustainable Innovation
Date: June 10-11, 2010
Type: Conference
Location: Trento, Italy
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Event Name: 3rd International Microfinance Country Forum 2009
Event Location: Islamabad, Pakistan (Specific location unspecified)
Event Description: The day-long conference, with emphasis on “Mass Accessibility & User-friendly Resources” will include five interactive sessions, where speakers and practitioners from government, NGOs, trade and international bodies will present their papers to provide insight and suggest recommendations for policy reform. The conference aims to facilitate dialogue and deliberations among the industrial and economic experts for taking microfinance in Pakistan to the next level. It is designed to attract Pakistan’s biggest assembly of microfinance practitioners, the regulatory and facilitating bodies, key stakeholders and the national print & electronic media.
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Event Name: Fundamental Principles on Microfinance Course
Event Location: Business Exchange, London, EC1, United Kingdom
Event Description: This class, split into four sessions (one every week for four weeks) focuses on giving students an overview of the key issues involved in the design, management, and evaluation of microfinance programs that target low-income micro-entrepreneurs and households. It intends to teach practical skills and critical thinking about the major debates in the industry for those considering a career in microfinance, or those interested in bottom-of-the-pyramid approaches to doing business with dual social and financial goals, i.e. doing well while doing good.
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Event Name: Transparent Pricing Initiative Training Workshop
Event Date: October 8, 2009
Event Location: Hotel Respublika, Baku, Azerbaijan
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Cost: Not yet disclosed
Event Name: Third International Conference on Micro Finance
Location: Pondicherry University, Kalapet, Pondicherry – 605 014 India
Event Description: This event is a conference that aims to collaborate with National and International Research centers, and involve economists, socialists, administrators, policy makers, and NGOs, to discuss strategies and policies to eradicate poverty in India and the world through microfinance. Participants may submit contributions of original research work, which has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere to be published, reviewed, and discussed in the conference. [1]
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vent Name: Conference: “Microfinance Regulations: Who Benefits?”
Date: March 15-17, 2010
Location: Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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MICROCAPITAL EVENT: Institutional and Technological Environment for Microfinance Conference, January 7-8, 2010, New Delhi, India
Event Name: Institutional and Technological Environment for Microfinance Conference
Date: January 7-8, 2010
Location: India Habitat Center, New Delhi, India
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