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First Day with Vicki Escarra, Our New CEO
Watch our video with Opportunity‘s new CEO Vicki Escarra. Get to know Vicki and welcome her in comments below or on Facebook.
Tagged CEO, Ending Poverty, Facebook, Financial services, Ghana, Global Microfinance Operations, international staff, Investments, Meet Our Staff, Microfinance, Mission, Opportunity International, Opportunity-US, Oxford, Vicki Escarra, videos
Does Microfinance Reduce Poverty? Grameen Hosts a Chicago Event
On Monday at the Chase Auditorium in Chicago, Grameen Foundation hosted a lunchtime discussion called, “Does microfinance reduce poverty? A dialogue on the social impact of microfinance as a development tool.” This event aimed to answer this challenge: microcredit has been successful in increasing access to capital by the poor but does it actually reduce poverty Read more…
Tagged Beth Houle, Chicago, Clients, Dominican University, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Global Poverty, Grameen, Grameen Foundation, Investments, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Opportunity International, Poverty, Ruth-Anne Renaud, Savings, Women, Women's Opportunity Network, Women's Philanthropy, WON
Ask a Microfinance Expert: Developing a Cost-Benefit Analysis Tool
Microfinance practitioners and microfinance enthusiasts alike agree that the sustainability of microfinance institutions hinges on the success of cost-benefit analysis. Opportunity’s Director of Knowledge Management Estelle Berger recently produced a report on this very topic. She worked with the SEEP Network and USAID to capture and record Opportunity’s experience with developing a cost-benefit analysis tool Read more…
