Event Name: Extreme Inclusion: Development, Dignity, and Financial Services
Event Date: May 2, 2013
Event Location: The Fletcher School at Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, US
Cost: Although this event is free and open to the general public, advance registration must be completed at: http://fletcher.tufts.edu/ExtremeInclusion/Registration
Summary of Event: This event will consist of talks, debates and roundtable discussions about how new technology and other recent developments in financial inclusion impact poverty alleviation and the wellbeing of poor people in general. In addition, a competition will be held for pre-selected students from local colleges who have developed projects that address “the needs of traditionally marginalized populations in the US and abroad.” (Students can no longer apply to be involved in the competition)
Background on Organizers: This event is hosted by the Fletcher School, the international affairs program of US-based Tufts University in partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a US-based nonprofit, and MasterCard Worldwide, a US-based financial services firm.
Event Website: http://fletcher.tufts.edu/ExtremeInclusion
For more information, you may contact Jamilah Welch by phone at +1 617 627 3700, or by email at fletcherextremeinclusion[at]gmail.com
Sources and Additional Resources:
Extreme Inclusion: Development, Dignity, and Financial Services, http://fletcher.tufts.edu/ExtremeInclusion
MicroCapital article, December 26, 2012, “MICROFINANCE EVENT: Social Enterprise Conference, February 9-10, 2013, Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA,” https://www.microcapital.org/microfinance-event-social-enterprise-conference-february-9-10-2013-harvard-business-school-boston-massachusetts-usa/
MicroCapital article, January 23, 2009, “MICROFINANCE EVENT: ‘Microfinance from Below: The Power of Savings and Savings Groups in Frontier Economies, March 26-28, 2009, in Medford, Massachusetts,”https://www.microcapital.org/microfinance-event-microfinance-from-below-the-power-of-savings-and-savings-groups-in-frontier-economies-march-26-28-2009-in-medford-massachusetts/
MicroCapital article, March 18, 2009, “MICROCAPITAL STORY: Omidyar-Tufts $100m Microfinance Fund Earns 12 Percent Return and $6.6m for Tufts University in 2008,” https://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-story-omidyar-tufts-100m-microfinance-fund-earns-12-percent-return-and-66m-for-tufts-university-in-2008/
MicroCapital article, October 15, 2007, “MICROFINANCE EVENT: ‘Microfinance Dialoge: The Next Decade’ at Tufts’ Fletcher School,”https://www.microcapital.org/microfinance-event-%E2%80%9Cmicrofinance-dialogue-the-next-decade%E2%80%9D-at-tufts-fletcher-school/
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