Global Partnerships expands opportunity for people living in poverty. We invest in high-impact, sustainable microfinance institutions in Latin America that provide small loans that help families break the cycle of poverty.
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Global Partnerships Want to learn the basics about GP's microfinance programs? Join us for a Breakfast Briefing with GP staff on Thursday, December 10th from 8-9 am at the Global Partnerships offices in Seattle. Coffee and bagels will be served and there will be plenty of time for questions. Email events@globalpartnerships.org to RSVP for this event. Attendance is limited to the first 30 people who respond.
Source: www.globalpartnerships.org
Global Partnerships, in Business to Eliminate Poverty
Global Partnerships PHOTO OF THE WEEK (Nov. 9): A roadside fruit stand just outside Masaya, Nicaragua. Credit: Chris Megargee/Global Partnerships
Global Partnerships You might be surprised by how much time and energy people living in poverty devote to financial management. The authors of Portfolios of the Poor visited families in mud huts and clapboard homes trying to answer the question - how does someone live on just $2 a day?
Global Partnerships Correction to an earlier post: Ten of our MFI partners were awarded Social Performance Reporting Awards for transparency in reporting. FDL, Fondesurco, Prisma and Pro Mujer Bolivia were recognized in the Gold Category.
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Eight of our MFI partners were awarded Social Performance Reporting Awards for transparency in reporting. Fondesurco and Pro Mujer Bolivia were recognized in the Gold Category.
GP travelers had a chance to visit with Pro Mujer Bolivia clients in April 2008 as pictured here.
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65% of adults in Latin America don't have a savings account, a checking account or a relationship with a bank according to the Financial Access Institute. This report explains how the data was gathered and points to the challenge this reality creates for people living in poverty. To learn more about how our programs of...fer a sustainable solution visit: http://www.globalpartnerships.org/sectio
Source: financialaccess.org
Global Partnerships Mark your calendars - our own Rick Beckett will join Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nicholas Kristof as speakers at Global Washington's Annual Conference on December 7th in Redmond.
Source: globalwa.org
The Washington State global development community is dedicated to transformational change in the world, improving the lives of people everywhere. We live in a time of greater awareness of the need and increased political will for change, even in this economic climate. ...
Global Partnerships An essay featured in Foriegn Policy addresses the recent op-ed criticizing microfinance and the need to create savings opportunities for those living in poverty - something GP does through its partner microfinance institutions.
Source: www.foreignpolicy.com
A recent op-ed in the Boston Globe argues that microlending "doesn't actually do much to fight poverty" and that it may be time to "think macro rather than micro." Maybe the hype surrounding microcredit as a panacea for everything from poverty to discrimination is undeserved. ...
Global Partnerships PHOTO OF THE WEEK (Nov. 2): Paulina Quispe Quispe of Bolivia with her husband in their auto repair shop. Learn more about Paulina here: http://bit.ly/1oha0J
Global Partnerships In two weeks GP supporters and staff will be traveling in El Salvador. Sign up for news alerts on our website to get updates from the field. Or to learn more about PartnerTrips visit the link below.
Source: www.globalpartnerships.org
Global Partnerships Investments in Latin American microfinance institutions grew by 31% in 2008 according to a recent survey produced by CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor).
Source: www.cgap.org
Donors and investors continued to direct a growing stream of funding to microfinance in 2008, according to a new survey by CGAP. In 2008, microfinance funders disbursed US $3 billion and increased their commitments by 24%, reaching US$14.8 billion committed as of December2008. ...
Global Partnerships The newly launched Smart Campaign is designed to bring together microfinance leaders from around the world to ensure the principles of client protection for microcredit borrowers. Visit the campaign's website to learn more.
Source: thesmartcampaign.org
The Smart Campaign is a global effort to unite microfinance leaders around a common goal:institute client protection in all that we do – to better serve clients and strengthen the microfinance industry.
Global Partnerships Local coffee producers Grounds for Change have created Opportunity Blend - a dark rich brew of fair trade, organic, shade grown coffee from beans grown in Bolivia, Guatemala and Peru. 15% of the sales of this blend are directed to Global Partnerships programs. To learn more visit the attached link.
Source: www.globalpartnerships.org
Global Partnerships, in Business to Eliminate Poverty
