Event Name: Results International Conference
Event Date: July 20-23, 2013
Event Location: DoubleTree Hilton Hotel, Washington DC, US
Cost: The full cost to attend is USD 315. The rate for registrations made by April 15 is USD 165, and a rate of USD 240 is available for registrations made between April 16 and June 15.
Summary of Event: The conference will focus on advocacy and training on strategies for addressing poverty. Speakers include Nobel laureate and founder of Grameen Bank Mohammad Yunus and author and activist Marianne Williamson.
Background on Organizer: Results is a nonprofit advocacy group based in Washington, DC. It is divided into two arms; Results, which advocates for anti-poverty policies and legislation; and the Results Education Fund (REF), which conducts research on poverty issues and organizes programs that promote activism and teach strategies on addressing poverty. Results was founded in 1980, and REF was founded in 1983. In 1997, Results launched the Microcredit Summit Campaign, a project that promotes increased financial access and poverty reduction among people living in extreme poverty worldwide.
About the Presenters: Mohammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi economist and the founder of Grameen Bank, whose work to create economic and social development through microfinance earned him and Grameen Bank the 2006 Nobel Peace Price. Marianne Williamson is a spiritual author and lecturer from the US. Her works include The Law of Divine Compensation: On Work, Money and Miracles and A Woman’s Worth. She also serves on the board of directors of Results.
Event Website: http://www.results.org/events/IC_2013/
For additional information, you may call +1 202 783 4800 or email results[at]results.org.
By Nicole Boyd, Research Associate
Sources and Additional Resources:
RESULTS Education Fund. “International Conference 2013,” http://www.results.org/events/IC_2013/
MicroCapital. February 12, 2013, “MICROFINANCE PAPER WRAP-UP: “Vulnerability: The State of the Microcredit Summit Campaign Report, 2013;” by Larry R. Reed; Published by the Microcredit Summit Campaign; 48 Pages,” https://www.microcapital.org/microfinance-paper-wrap-up-vulnerability-the-state-of-the-microcredit-summit-campaign-report-2013-by-larry-r-reed-published-by-the-microcredit-summit-campaign-48-pages/
MicroCapital. March 8, 2013, “MICROFINANCE EVENT: Microfinance and Impact Investing Initiative (MI3) to Host Symposium ‘US Poverty, Microentrepreneurs and Microfinance: Needs, Responses and Prospects,’ March 28-29, 2013, Haverford, Pennsylvania, US,” https://www.microcapital.org/microfinance-event-microfinance-and-impact-investing-initiative-mi3-to-host-symposium-us-poverty-microentrepreneurs-and-microfinance-needs-responses-and-prospects-march-28-29/
MicroCapital. November 18, 2011, “MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Microcredit Summit Campaign Report: 137 Million People Received Microloans in 2010,” https://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-brief-microcredit-summit-campaign-report-137-million-people-received-microloans-in-2010/
MicroCapital. March 10, 2011, “MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Microcredit Summit Campaign Releases State of the Microcredit Summit Campaign Report 2011, Reports 128m Poor People Received Microfinance Loans in 2009,” https://www.microcapital.org/microcapital-brief-microcredit-summit-campaign-releases-state-of-the-microcredit-summit-campaign-report-2011-reports-128m-poor-people-received-microfinance-loans-in-2009/
MicroCapital Universe Profile: MicroCredit Summit Campaign
https://www.microcapital.org/microfinanceuniverse/tiki-index.php?page=Microcredit+Summit+Campaign
MicroCapital Universe Profile: Results
https://www.microcapital.org/microfinanceuniverse/tiki-index.php?page=RESULTS+Educational+Fund+%28REF%29
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