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LiveBlog: Chicago Microfinance Conference-”Does Microfinance Really Work? – Measuring Social Performance of MFIs”
At this first breakout session of today’s conference, moderator Kathleen Odell, assistant professor of economics at the Dominican University Brennan School of Business, leads a panel of academics and microfinance professionals to explore and debate the benefits of microfinance to effectively help people escape poverty. The panel discusses the actual impact of microfinance–and whether such Read more…
Meeting the Grandfather of Microfinance
Last Friday, YAO-Chicago chair Shannon Leutheuser and I had the chance to not only hear but actually to meet Dr. Muhammad Yunus at the Chicago Council of Global Affairs event, “Building Social Business.” Yunus is the founder and manager of Grameen Bank and the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner, and he has written a new Read more…
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Tagged Africa, Bangladesh, Building Social Business, Business, Capitalism, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Economics, Education, Grameen Bank, MFI, Microfinance, Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize, Opportunity International, Poverty, Selfishness, Selflessness, Social Change, Technology, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity, Youth
Tagged Africa, Bangladesh, Building Social Business, Business, Capitalism, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Economics, Education, Grameen Bank, MFI, Microfinance, Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize, Opportunity International, Poverty, Selfishness, Selflessness, Social Change, Technology, YAO, Young Ambassadors for Opportunity, Youth
