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SEEP Conference: “Panel Explores Tools to Help Manage Funding Risk in Current Economic Climate”

The following post was published on the USAID‘s Microlinks blog today, Thursday, Nov. 4. It was written by Eric Meyer, Opportunity’s agricultural finance manager, who is guest blogging about the 2010 Annual SEEP Conference in Arlington, Va. this week for Microlinks. Click here to see the original post. When the global financial crisis hit in Read more…

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SEEP Conference: “Newspaper Headline Risk for MFIs-Transparency in Interest Rates and Returns”

The following post was published on the USAID‘s Microlinks blog on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010. It was written by Eric Meyer, Opportunity’s agricultural finance manager, who is guest blogging about the 2010 Annual SEEP Conference in Arlington, Va. this week for Microlinks. Click here to see the original post. The microfinance industry in India has Read more…

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SEEP Conference: “Our Best Thoughts Come from Others”

The following post was originally published on the USAID‘s new Microlinks blog on Monday, Nov. 1, 2010. It was written by Eric Meyer, Opportunity’s agricultural finance manager, who is guest blogging about the 2010 Annual SEEP Conference in Arlington, Va. this week  for Microlinks. Click here to see the original post. Ralph Waldo Emerson once quipped that Read more…

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Guest Post: Believe in Sheela

 The following is a guest post by  Desiree Adaway, Sr. Director of Volunteer Mobilization at Habitat for Humanity. It was first posted on her personal blog. I want you to believe in Sheela.  She is  a leader of  Opportunity International’s Baba Trust Group meeting in Chennai, India. Nineteen women have joined together to repay loans, learn accounting skills Read more…

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