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What We’re Reading: A Microfinance, Poverty, Empowerment Reading List

By Opportunity International on February 17, 2012

Looking for your next big read? We’ve put together a list of compelling books we’re reading, running the gamut from microfinance and international development, to global aid and putting your faith into action. Check out our list and let us know what you think in the comment field below. What would you add, and what Read more…

Posted in Faith in Action, Loans, Our Work, Resources, What We're Reading, Women's Opportunity Network
Tagged Banker to the Poor, Daryl Collins, Dead Aid, Ghana, Global Poverty, Half the Sky, Jacqueline Novogratz, Katie Smith Milway, Kojo, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Muhammad Yunus, Nicholas D. Kristof, One Hen, Opportunity International, Portfolios of the Poor, Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day, Poverty, Sheryl WuDunn, The Blue Sweater, unpoverty, unpoverty rich lessons from the working poor, Women, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, WON

Conference LiveBlog: Daryl Collins, Co-Author of Portfolios of the Poor: How the World’s Poor Live on $2 a Day

By Opportunity International on October 14, 2011

This morning at the Opportunity International Conference, Daryl Collins, co-author of Portfolios of the Poor: How the World’s Poor Live on $2 a Day, spoke from the main stage about the financial portfolios of people in poverty and the impact that has to mitigate the effects of their uncertain financial futures. Highlights from Daryl’s Read more…

Posted in Events, Loans, Microfinance Conference, Our Work, Resources, Savings, What We're Reading, Where We Work
Tagged Africa, Asia, Daryl Collins, Ending Poverty, Financial services, India, Latin America, Loans, Microfinance, OIC2011, Portfolios of the Poor, Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day, Savings, South Africa

Watch it Live! Opportunity International Conference Video Stream Starts Friday 8:30 a.m. PST

By Opportunity International on October 13, 2011

Unable to join us in person for the Opportunity International Conference? No problem. Just tune in tomorrow-Friday, Oct. 14 at 8:30 a.m. PST–as we stream live video from the conference until Saturday, Oct. 15 at 12:00 p.m. Go to opportunity.org/live to watch it live. Here are just a few of the plenary and breakout session Read more…

Posted in Board of Governors, Events, Local Staffing, Microfinance Conference, Our Leadership, Strategic Partners
Tagged Africa, Alliance to End Hunger, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Draper, Board of Advisors, Daryl Collins, Dikembe Mutombo, dikembe mutombo foundation, Feed the Future Guide, Jeffrey Spector, John Ortberg, Julie Howard, Laura Pincus Hartman, OIC2011, Opportunity International, Opportunity International Microfinance Conference, Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day, Reeta Roy, Steven Levy, The MasterCard Foundation, Tony Hall, videos

Building Access to Savings and Financial Services

By Opportunity International on October 5, 2011

Despite a desire to save and plan for the future, impoverished people are often excluded from commercial banks. In fact, fewer than 10% of people living on less than $2 a day have access to savings accounts. In the last 40 years, Opportunity International has become a global leader in building regulated banks that provide Read more…

Posted in Bank Building, Events, Loans, Microfinance Conference, Our Work, Resources, Rural Outreach, Savings, Where We Work
Tagged 40th anniversary, Africa, Client Stories, Clients, Community, Conference, Daryl Collins, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Ghana, Global Poverty, Loans, Microfinance, mobile banking vehicle, mobile banks, OIC2011, Opportunity International, Opportunity International Microfinance Conference, Portfolios of the Poor, Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day, Savings, Women

What We’re Reading: Portfolios of the Poor

By Emily Riemer on March 23, 2011

Always eager to read and discuss the most interesting inspirations and challenges around microfinance, staff members at Opportunity-US held a book discussion last week on Portfolios of the Poor: How the World’s Poor Live on $2 a Day (Princeton University Press, 2009) by Collins, Morduch, Rutherford and Ruthven. The book is a detailed study of financial diaries collected Read more…

Posted in Our Work, Resources, What We're Reading
Tagged Bangladesh, Book discussion, Client Stories, Clients, Daryl Collins, Ending Poverty, Financial Access, Financial services, India, Loans, merry-go-rounds, MFI, Microfinance, microsavings, Opportunity International, Opportunity-US, Portfolios of the Poor, Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day, Poverty, ROSCAs, Ruth-Anne Renaud, Savings, Savings account, South Africa, what we're reading

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