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2014 Microfinance Americas: The Top 100
November 11, 2014 18:35
Language English For the tenth consecutive year, the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) and the Microfinance Information Exchange, Inc. (MIX) present the annual ranking of the leading microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Latin America and the Caribbean. The sample consists of 229 MFIs whose performance information at the end of financial year 2013 was compiled and analyzed by... ...ADFIAP, ADFIM hold 10th CEO Forum jointly with AADFI
November 11, 2014 4:48
ADFIAP and the Association of Development Finance Institutions of Malaysia (ADFIM) successfully held the 10th International CEO Forum X with the theme, “Development Financing, Alternative Models in a Changing World”, on November 4-6, 2014 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The event was also the second joint CEO conference with the African Association of Development Financing Institutions... ...“Thanks, Otto! 125 years of pensions”: UNRISD Speaker at International Conference on Pension Reform
November 10, 2014 22:00Research Coordinator Katja Hujo was a panellist at the international conference on pension reform “Thanks, Otto ! 125 years of pensions” hosted by BMZ, GIZ, Helpage International and Allianz in Berlin on 28-29 October 2014. The conference celebrated 125 years since the first ever public pension system was introduced in 1889 by then German Chancellor... ...
Conference REsolutions Africa / Marrakesh 2014
November 10, 2014 19:21
Language English With 1.3 billion of city dwellers by the year 2030, which will represent more than one African out of two, Africa offers the greatest potential of urbanization worldwide. The 52 metropolitan cities of over one million inhabitants, and the multitude of intermediary cities, abound with unique opportunities for economic innovation and human development... ...ADFIAP represents partners to launch SMART Myanmar CSR tools
November 10, 2014 1:26
ADFIAP, represented by its Secretary General, Mr. Octavio B. Peralta, and on behalf of its partner-organizations in the EU-funded SMART Myanmar project, launched the initiative’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) tools at a forum cum press conference and panel discussion held at the Sule Shangri-La Hotel in Yangon on October 30, 2014. About 180 participants from... ...Member States, Civil Society and Even Royalty: UNRISD at the ECE Beijing+20 Regional Review Meeting
November 9, 2014 22:00UNRISD Director Sarah Cook moderated a distinguished panel of speakers at the first substantive session of the ECE Beijing+20 Regional Review Meeting, held in Geneva on 6 November 2014. The speakers included representatives of member states, a senior EU official and experts from government and civil society.
Renewable energy: power to the people
November 7, 2014 19:56
Source: http://www.smh.com.au/national/renewable-energy-power-to-the-people-20141103-11fymi.html#ixzz3I5bCxmEr November 3rd, 2014 Chewton’s primary school, student population 40, perches on a hill above the houses of the small central Victorian town, which borders Castlemaine. Before the year is out, its red tin roof will be home to solar panels facing east and west, positioned to best offset its demand. The school is... ...RIPESS signs Global Civil Society letter to UNCTAD on Investment Issues
November 7, 2014 19:23Delivery date: 16 October, 2014 To: Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary General of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Member States of UNCTAD We the undersigned civil society organizations, representing constituencies from various regions of the world, write in concern about the implications of investment protection treaties on the prospects for sustainable development in our... ...
What can SSE do for food security and nutrition?
November 7, 2014 19:11
Source: UNTFSSE, October 22th, 2014: http://unsse.org/?cat=2 The United Nations Task Force on Social Solidarity Economy (TFSSE) held a side event during the Committee on Food Security at the FAO on 17 October. The side event focussed on “Social and Solidarity Economy for Improved Food Security and Nutrition”. Sarah Cook (Director of UNRISD) chaired the session... ...Canadian Women’s Foundation Leadership Institute: Call for Applications
November 7, 2014 17:20
The Canadian Women’s Foundation is welcoming applications from emerging and mid-career female leaders with a minimum of 3 years of management experience working in women’s economic development organizations. They are looking for candidates who want to step into more senior leadership positions within the women’s charitable economic development sector. Theme: Practitioner Strengthening“Social needs, cooperative answers”: a new campaign for the promotion of cooperatives providing community services launched today
November 6, 2014 20:47Cooperatives, as the most important expression of citizens’ needs and aspirations in the form of an enterprise, have appeared naturally to provide adequate solutions to satisfy community needs, such as health, education, housing, environment, social services and labour integration for disadvantaged citizens; all of them worldwide basic needs. Over the last few years, the cooperative... ...
Millionaire Grocery Clerks: The Amazing WinCo Foods Story
November 6, 2014 20:20
Customers bag their own groceries at a WinCo foods location (Credit: Joe Jaszewski/AP) By Mary Josephs SolidarityEconomy.net via Forbes In Corvallis, Oregon, a couple miles north of the Oregon State University campus, sits a WinCo Foods discount supermarket and, unless you’re in need of groceries, you might drive by without noticing it. I assure you,... ...International Journal of Health Policy and Management: Review on "Health in All Policies: Seizing Opportunities, Implementing Policies".
November 4, 2014 22:00This article is a review of the book “Health in All Policies: Seizing opportunities, implementing policies” edited by Kimmo Leppo, Eeva Ollila, Sebastián Peña, Matthias Wismar, and Sarah Cook. It was published by the Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland in 2013.
Latin American solidarity finance is developping well
November 4, 2014 14:36
Language English On the 13th of august took place in Bogota/ Colombia an International Seminary “Family agriculture, farmers economy and rural financial systems: Innovations and challenges” that united different representatives of internationa institutions, state officials from different latin american countries, NGOs and especially organisations active in social finance, most of them members of INAISE. Family... ...Chinese-led Consortium Wins Mexican High-Speed Rail contract
November 4, 2014 10:57
Alternately, Why the US Is Crippled by Lack of a Green Industrial Policy CRH380 (China Railway High-speed) Harmony bullet trains are seen at a high-speed train maintenance base in Wuhan, Hubei province, early Dec 25, 2012. (Photo / Agencies) By Xinhua Nov. 4, 2014 – MEXICO CITY – A Chinese-led consortium has won the bid... ...