Los Angeles Microfinance Network

Fighting poverty in the world

Posted by rhsharma on March 10, 2010

Los Angeles Microfinance Network invites you to join the the Yale Club of Southern California and co-hosts, UCLA Net Impact Undergrad, and UCLA Anderson Net Impact, in welcoming our distinguished speakers from Kiva.org, The Opportunity Fund, Innovations for Poverty Act, Yale University and UCLA as we discuss the importance of microfinance and its effects on women and international development.

Date: April 28th @ 7pm

Location: Korn Hall, UCLA Anderson School of Management

SPEAKERS:

Jessica Jackley, Co-Founder of Kiva.org
Dean Karlan, President of Innovations for Poverty Action & Professor of Economics at Yale University
Jon Yasuda, West Region Vice President of Opportunity International
Eric Weaver, CEO of The Opportunity Fund

With a Keynote Address by Professor Bhagwan Chowdhry, UCLA Anderson School of Management

Moderated by  Professor Robert Spich from the UCLA Anderson School of Management

In addition to the panel we will be holding a reception after with food & drinks where we will have information on how you can become a more active participant in microfinance here in the US and abroad.

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One Response to “”

  1. R. said

    This looks like a wonderful event!

    To help promote microfinance as a poverty alleviation tool in the next 20 seconds, please VOTE at http://www.change.org/ideas/view/job_creation_for_poor_americans_through_microloans_2

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