Click to view slideshow.
Trickle Up hosted a panel discussion on September 26th, 2011 titled, “Can Financial Services Help the Poorest of the Poor?” With our colleagues at the Microfinance Club of New York, Bill Abrams, President of Trickle Up, Anne Hastings, CEO of Fonkoze Financial Services, and Irena Shiba, Progra

Janet Heisey, Trickle Up’s Asia Program Director, has been working closely with the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) to inaugurate a new blog series on the importance of qualitative research. Here is part 2 of her post:
Srimati Sardar and family in 2008—how do her assets and self-esteem affect her progresss?

Monday, September 26, 2011
6:30 – 8:30 pm
Moody’s Investors Services
7 World Trade Center at 250 Greenwich Street
20th Floor
New York City
Click here to register >

I recently finished reading Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty, by Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, which came out earlier this year.

As part of Trickle Up’s Stronger Voices, Sustainable Livelihoods project, Trickle Up participants in Mali annually celebrate the UN-sponsored International Day for People with Disabilities. Click the picture to see more!