Our President, Joseph Konkel, asking President Bill Clinton a question about the Navajo Nation (at approximately 48 mins)
What is Microfinance
UBC
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June 14, 2010
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Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and
hosted and co-sponsored by the Departments of Sociology, Anthropology,
Geography, and the Liu Institute for Global Issues, Ananya Roy is
Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning where she
teaches in the fields of comparative urban studies and international
development. The turn of the century has been marked by the emergence
of a "kinder and gentler" project of development. From the recalibration
of the World Bank as a "knowledge bank" committed to the eradication of
poverty to the ambitious campaigns that imagine the "end of poverty," a
new global order is in the making. Through ethnographic attention to
the Washington D.C.-Wall Street complex, this talk examines the circuits
of capital and truth that structure "millennial development." In
particular, it focuses on microfinance, which is an active frontier of
"creative capitalism." But microfinance is also the site of important
experiments in poverty policy, from the massive civil society
institutions of Bangladesh to the Hezbollah militia of Lebanon. It is
thus implicated in the emergence of counter-geographies of development.
UBC
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May 28, 2010
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Co-sponsored by the Departments of Sociology, Anthropology,
Geography, and the Liu Institute for Global Issues, Ananya Roy is
Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning where she
teaches in the fields of comparative urban studies and international
development. The turn of the century has been marked by the emergence
of a "kinder and gentler" project of development. From the recalibration
of the World Bank as a "knowledge bank" committed to the eradication of
poverty to the ambitious campaigns that imagine the "end of poverty," a
new global order is in the making. Through ethnographic attention to
the Washington D.C.-Wall Street complex, this talk examines the circuits
of capital and truth that structure "millennial development." In
particular, it focuses on microfinance, which is an active frontier of
"creative capitalism." But microfinance is also the site of important
experiments in poverty policy, from the massive civil society
institutions of Bangladesh to the Hezbollah militia of Lebanon. It is
thus implicated in the emergence of counter-geographies of development.
Webcast Sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.
Webcast Sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.
MicrofinanceCanada
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May 25, 2010
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Kadita "A.T." Tshibaka grew up in the Democratic Republic of
the Congo and went on to become a top bank executive with Citibank. Now
a Board Member with Opportunity International US, Kadika is a
passionate advocate for Africa and a firm believer in microfinance as a
working solution to poverty.
In April 2010, A.T. presented a lecture at the Rotman School of Management (University of Toronto). Watch his response to a question from the audience about microfinance interest rates.
In April 2010, A.T. presented a lecture at the Rotman School of Management (University of Toronto). Watch his response to a question from the audience about microfinance interest rates.
MasterCardFoundation
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April 22, 2010
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This video demonstrates the impact of the partnership between
The MasterCard Foundation and Fonkoze, the largest microfinance provider
in Haiti. The foundation's investment will restore Fonkoze's core
operations and enable extremely poor women to rebuild or create
livelihoods, stimulating the country's economic recovery.
HoustonPBS
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March 15, 2010
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A witness to the affects of poverty, Iraq War veteran
Elizabeth Vallette gives us an eye-opening account about how instability
in other parts of the world affects us in the United States and what we
can do about it. She advocates microfinance, a program that empowers
impoverished people of developing countries. This program especially
benefits women, who have vastly less access to education than men. By
introducing us to microfinance, Vallette offers an easy way for
Americans to become involved in combating poverty and helping others
become self-sufficient. WWW.HOUSTONPBS.ORG
accionusa1
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December 01, 2009
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ACCION USA lends support to small businesses, which help to
develop communities and create jobs. http://www.accionusa.org