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What We’re Reading: Roger Thurow on Bill Gates at the Symposium on Global Agriculture & Food Security
The following post, “Expert Commentary–The Importance of Innovation” by Roger Thurow, was published today on the Chicago Council on Global Affairs‘ Global Food for Thought blog about the Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security that took place today in Washington, D.C.. Bill Gates came to the Chicago Council’s Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Read more…
Tagged Africa, Agricultural finance, Agriculture, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Ending Hunger, Ending Poverty, Events, Feed the Future Guide, Food security, Global Agriculture and Food Policy, Global Food for Thought blog, Innovation, market linkages, Microfinance, Opportunity International, Poverty, Roger Thurow, sub-Saharan Africa, Technology, Twitter, Washington D.C., what we're reading
“Why Farming?” Today’s Symposium on Global Agriculture & Food Security in Washington, D.C.
Today in Washington, D.C., the Chicago Council on Global Affairs‘ “The Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security: Progress to Date and Strategies for Success” with noted experts in agricultural policy, global development, philanthropy and more. Keynote Speakers: Bill Gates, Co-chair and Trustee, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Rajiv Shah, Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Read more…
Tagged Africa, Agricultural finance, Agriculture, Agriculture Microfinance, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Dr. Rajiv Shah, Ending Poverty, Financial services, Food security, Gates Foundation, Global Agricultural Development Initiative, Global Food for Thought blog, Global Poverty, Loans, MasterCard Foundation, MFI, Microfinance, Opportunity International, Rajiv Shah, Roger Thurow, Rural Outreach, Smallholder farmer, The MasterCard Foundation, Tom Vilsack, USAID, USDA, Washington D.C.
What We’re Reading: Roger Thurow Interview on Hunger, Microfinance and More
On Wednesdays, we highlight an article, book or blog in our “What We’re Reading” series. We feature works that are noteworthy, inspiring, educational or relevant to the microfinance work we do at Opportunity. We welcome your comments in the comment field below–-tell us what you’re reading, or respond to the piece we’ve highlighted. The following Read more…
Tagged 2010 fall microfinance conference, Africa, Agricultural finance, Banker to the Poor, Changing the Face of Hunger, Chicago, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Ending Hunger, Ending Poverty, Enough, Enough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty, Financial services, Global Agriculture and Food Policy, Global Poverty, Grameen Bank, Green Revolution, Hunger, Interview, Loans, Malawi, MFI, Microfinance, Muhammad Yunus, OIBM, Opportunity International, Opportunity International Bank of Malawi, Opportunity International Microfinance Conference, Opportunity Malawi, pulitzer prize, Roger Thurow, sub-Saharan Africa, The Bible, Tony Hall, Washington D.C.
Global Food for Thought Blog: “Extending the Reach” by Roger Thurow
The following post by Roger Thurow, “Extending the Reach,” was published on the Global Food for Thought blog on March 4, 2011 as part of Thurow’s Outrage & Inspire series. Thurow is Senior Fellow for Global Agriculture & Food Policy at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize in international reporting, and co-author of Read more…
Tagged 2010 fall microfinance conference, Africa, Agricultural finance, Agriculture, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Clients, Community, Ending Poverty, Enough, Enough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty, Feed the Future Guide, Financial services, Global Food for Thought blog, Global Poverty, Kenya, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Opportunity International, Poverty, pulitzer prize, Roger Thurow, Rwanda, Smallholder farmer, Tom Vilsack, US Department of Agriculture, USAID, USDA
Today is World Food Day–Saturday, Oct. 16
Saturday, Oct. 16th is World Food Day, a day designated by the U.N.’s World Food Programme to raise awareness and support in the fight against global hunger. From wfp.org: “World Food Day on October 16 reminds the world that around 1 in 7 people alive today are going hungry[...] [Though,] this year, the number of Read more…
Tagged 2010 fall microfinance conference, Africa, Agricultural finance, Agriculture, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Changing the Face of Hunger, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Conference, Ending Hunger, Ending Poverty, Ethiopia, fall microfinance conference, Hunger, Loans, Microfinance, Opportunity International, Opportunity International Microfinance Conference, Poverty, Roger Thurow, Tony Hall, United Nations, World Food Day, World Food Programme
What We’re Reading: 3 Writers Featured at our Fall Conference
Every Wednesday, we highlight an article, book or a blog in our “What We’re Reading” series. We feature works that are noteworthy, inspiring, educational or relevant to the work we do at Opportunity. We welcome your comments in the comment field below–tell us what you’re reading, or respond to the piece we’ve highlighted. The following Read more…
Tagged 2010 fall microfinance conference, Blog, Ending Poverty, Enough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty, fall microfinance conference, Financial services, Half the Sky, knight kiplinger, Loans, MFI, Microfinance, Opportunity International, Opportunity International Microfinance Conference, OptINnow, Poverty, Roger Thurow, Sheryl WuDunn, Social Media
Watch It Live: The 2010 Fall Microfinance Conference
If you can’t be with us this week for the 2010 Fall Microfinance Conference on Friday, Oct. 8-Saturday, Oct. 9 in Washington, D.C., you don’t have to miss out. We’ll be streaming live video from each of our four plenary sessions at the conference. Tune in to watch live video of speakers, including: Sheryl WuDunn, Pulitzer Prize Read more…
Tagged 2010 fall microfinance conference, claudia kennedy, Conference, Ending Poverty, Enough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty, fall microfinance conference, Financial services, knight kiplinger, Maria Otero, Microfinance, Opportunity International, Opportunity International Microfinance Conference, OptINnow, Roger Thurow, tamara cook, Technology, Tony Hall
3 Breakout Sessions Not to Miss at Fall Microfinance Conference
At Opportunity’s Fall Microfinance Conference, Oct. 8-9, in Washington, D.C., the days will be packed with breakout sessions and presentations from microfinance experts, international visitors and globally-minded individuals passionate about eradicating poverty. For me, this will be my first Opportunity microfinance conference[/intlink], and I’m really looking forward to hearing from guest speakers[/intlink] like Pulitzer Prize-winner Sheryl Read more…
Tagged Africa, Agricultural finance, Agriculture, Banking on Education, biometric technology, biometrics, Board of Governors, Board of Governors Conference, Cell phone banking, Clients, Community, Conference, Daryl Skoog, Dominican Republic, Education, educational finance, educational microfinance, Ending Poverty, fall microfinance conference, Financial services, Ghana, Global Philanthropy, IDP Foundation, IDP Foundation Rising Schools Program, John Magnay, Loans, Malawi, Maria Otero, MFI, Microfinance, Microfinance Conference, Mobile Banking, Mobile Phones, Nobel Peace Prize, Opportunity International, opportunity microfinance conference, Philanthropy, Poverty, pulitzer prize, Roger Thurow, Savings, Schools, Sheryl WuDunn, Students, Technology, Tony Hall, Uganda, Washington D.C.
