MICROFINANCE EVENT: Microcredit Summit Campaign, Mexican Ministry of Economy to Host 17th Microcredit Summit “Generation Next: Innovations in Microfinance,” September 3-5, 2014, Merida, Mexico

Event Name: 17th Microcredit Summit “Generation Next: Innovations in Microfinance”

Event Date: September 3-5, 2014

Event Location: Centro de Convenciones Yucatán Siglo XXI, Merida, Mexico

Cost: The standard fee to attend the conference is USD 550, and a discounted rate of USD 300 is available for college students.

Summary of Event: The conference aims to engage stakeholders on questions such as: (1) Developing leaders; (2) Serving the children and grandchildren of clients; (3) Technology as a delivery channel; (4) Regulation and transparency; (5) How investors can balance encouraging growth with supporting social impact and (6) Serving agricultural and other rural areas.

Background on organizers: ?The summit will be hosted by the Microcredit Summit Campaign, a program of the US-based advocacy NGO Results Education Fund, and the Mexican Ministry of Culture and its National Microenterprise Financing Program.

Event Website: http://www.microcreditsummit.org/about-the-summits.html

For additional information, you may contact Sabina Rogers by phone at +1 202 637 9600 or by email at rogers[at]microcreditsummit[dot]org.

By Juan Blanco, Research Associate

[1] MicroCredit Summit Campaign Website: http://microcreditsummit.org/

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