Fascinating discussion of Kiva's role in microfinance

"Kiva is not quite what it seems," David Roodman wrote on the Center for Global Development blog October 2. Matt Flannery, Kiva's co-founder and CEO, responded 12 days later.

Read Roodman's original post here, and see Flannery's response here.

Women's dignity defined by Hope International

Announcement from the Africa-Middle East Regional Microcredit Summit

Join Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus, and more than 2,000 delegates from over 40 countries at the Africa - Middle East Regional Microcredit Summit to be held April 7-10, 2010 in Nairobi, Kenya. The gathering is co-organized by the Microcredit Summit Campaign and the Association of Microfinance Institutions of Kenya (AMFI). The chair of the Kenyan Organizing Committee is Ingrid Munro of Jamii Bora.

Delegates will have the choice of participating in a wide variety of plenary sessions, workshops, day-long courses, various council meetings, and associated sessions over the course of the four-day Summit. The Summit will also offer field visits to leading Kenyan microfinance institutions.

Some of the groundbreaking plenary sessions include: “Breakthroughs in Using Microfinance to Better End Poverty: A Vision for the Future of Microfinance in Africa and the Middle East”; “Using Microfinance to Improve the Environment and Agriculture: Ensuring Sustainable Livelihoods in Africa and the Middle East”; and “Using Microfinance as a Tool for Building Peace.” For more information, visit http://www.microcreditsummit.org.

Chemen Lavi Miyò - Pathway to a Better Life

Click here to see a short video on microfinance education in Haiti and how it is helping the people there to move out of poverty.

Catch up with the latest Hope International efforts in the Dominican Republic

See WJTL reporter Lisa Landis's trip to the Dominican Republic and her experience with microfinance organization Hope International.

Visit the blog for pictures and video here.

Visit the on-air WJTL archive to hear audio interviews here.

"Financial innovation and the poor: A place in society"

An article in The Economist recently discusses financial innovation amid the current economic crisis in the form of social investing. Click here to read more!

Race4Change with the Microcredit Summit Campaign

The Microcredit Summit Campaign is hosting an on and offline Twitter mixer September 23 to bring attention to the Race4Change, a November road race that will raise funds for Jamii Bora Bank in Kenya.

Visit their site to find out how you can join in.