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Colombia: A story of resilience and resolutions to…
“Where there is a will there is a way; plan your work and work out your plan.”
Read MoreMicrofinance and Child Protection can – and do –…
Sarah Morgan is Opportunity International’s Child Protection expert. She joined Opportunity UK in 2015 after eight years with Save the Children in Laos. Sarah has been advising Opportunity EduFinance…
Read MoreEnsuring Inclusive and Quality Education for All Through…
Following the announcement of the Sustainable Development Goals in 2015, the debate continues regarding the role of public and private education in the developing world. With unquestioning agreement regarding…
Read MoreEducation Impact Investment - New opportunities to…
Impact Investing is a relatively new term, coined at The Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Center in 2007 to describe investments made into companies, organizations, and funds with the intention to generate…
Read MoreOpportunity EduFinance shares big data enabling others…
Millions more children could end up getting an education, when Opportunity International's EduFinance Group shares its experience and data on education microfinance, enabling others to invest in education.…
Read MoreG7 Statement: Education needs more resources, microfinance…
Ahead of this week’s G7 summit 2017, which is expected to focus on sustainability and reducing inequality, including on education, Nathan Byrd, Global Head of Opportunity International EduFinance, said:…
Read More'Education for People and Planet': The 2016 GEM Report…
Pointers from the Global Education Monitoring Report 2016 about private sector partnerships for achieving sustainable education
Read MoreAccountability, EduFinance, and UNESCO's GEM Report
The UNESCO Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report has just published its first annual edition, reporting this year on sustainability in education, and we’ll be posting our thoughts about it later…
Read MoreSchool Loans, Job Creation, and the Advancement of…
In a new third-party analysis of 94 Ugandan schools accessing Opportunity EduFinance loans, the resulting school growth created an average of 18.6 additional jobs within the community. How Schools Expand…
Read MoreMicrofinance boosts education for 44,000 Ugandan girls
For too long, microloans in the education sector were difficult, unprofitable, and unsustainable. Cash flows were irregular, the returns on investment took time. And lenders could not stomach the risks. …
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