PlaNet Finance is launching a 'University Meets Microfinance' programme which connects masters students doing research in microfinance in the EU with academics in the field, microfinance practioners and research opportunities with MFIs in the field.

There are various scholarships and awards which will help selected Masters students who are doing dissertations on microfinance both financially and with the contacts to complete their research.

Addressing climate change: Mitigation and adaptation

In developed countries much of the climate change discourse has focused on mitigation. Primary concerns have revolved around how to cut carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions down to appropriate levels in order to halt climate change.

Is this how Barack Obama is going to save the world? Many people argue, and I guess the message behind this animation is that Obama is trying too hard, and that he is spreading himself too thin. In other words, he is trying to fix every problem there is to fix. What do you think, Is he a superhero or a superfailure? The discussion continues.....