Join us for a two day online e-consultation on July 30-31 hosted by Microlinks. Visit Microlinks to register. Overview This 2-day e-Consultation bridges a dialogue between practitioners, investors, and other stakeholders on current measures of poverty outreach and outcomes, challenges surrounding implementing a client-centered mission for MFIs and investors, and strategies for how the Seal of … Continue reading
Please join us for an interactive webinar to get to know the Seal of Excellence for Poverty Outreach and Transformation on Tuesday, July 17th from 9-10:30 am EDT. Add to your Calendar Now! This is a great opportunity to learn more about the Seal and to ask questions. We will start the session by providing … Continue reading
Isabelle Barrès of the Smart Campaign, Laura Foose of the Social Performance Task Force, and Larry Reed of the Seal of Excellence for Poverty Outreach and Transformation in Microfinance issued a joint letter at the SPTF annual meeting in Jordan to explain how these three initiatives “are working together to minimize confusion while increasing options … Continue reading
The Microcredit Summit Campaign is thrilled to announce that John (“JD”) Bergeron will become the new Director of the Seal of Excellence for Poverty Outreach and Transformation in Microfinance. “JD Bergeron is a great choice,” said Frances Sinha, Director of EDA Rural Systems and member of the Seal of Excellence Steering Committee. “He will bring … Continue reading
This post by Chris Dunford, “Does Evidence of Success in Poverty Alleviation Divide Us”, from “The Evidence Project: What We’re Learning about Microfinance and World Hunger” looks at poverty alleviation as an objective of microfinance.
The following post on the Microfinance Gateway from April 01, 2011 reviews the initial reactions to the, at the time, recently released Seal of Excellence concept. Microfinance Gateway>Towards “Fair Trade Microfinance”.
Check out this video of Anne Hastings (CEO, Fonkoze) share why she and Fonkoze supports “our Seal of Excellence” at the Global Microcredit Summit in Valladolid, Spain, November 2011. http://youtu.be/e0LKnNMt4Gk
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