Full financial inclusion of women in the developing world is an essential element of global poverty eradication. Many development efforts emphasize training or capacity-building work with women; this work needs to be paired with broader structural changes, such as in access to financial tools in order to maximize impact. What, precisely, is financial inclusion work seeking to address? What are the various tools and resources available to women? What outcomes do we see from these different approaches to women's financial inclusion? What innovations or shifts are emerging in financial inclusion work in the developing world? Come to this event to hear from several experts on the topic. Free and open to the public.  Go to the Posner Center website  for more information and to RSVP.

June 29, 2017  @ 6:00 am (MDT)

Hosted by the Cambodian Rural Sanitation and Hygiene Sub-Group (RuSH), this interactive webinar will discuss how different programs have tried to design rural sanitation subsidies to reach the poorest. Examples will be shared from India, Bangladesh, Vietnam and Cambodia. Rapid presentations will be followed by discussion questions and polls for participants to share their rural sanitation knowledge with others. Register here.

ColoradoEARTH is hosting 2-day (July 8-9 and Sept. 2-3) and 7-day (July 8-14) workshops in Golden, Colorado for those interested in building with compressed earth blocks (CEB). For full details, including costs, see  their website. 

The University of Oklahoma International WaTER Conference will be held in Norman, OK on September 18-19, 2017. Check out the conference website for more information.

October 19-22, 2017 in  San Jose, California

Now in its 7th year, GHTC is the flagship IEEE Conference focusing on innovation, deployment and adaptation of Technology for Humanitarian Goals and Sustainable Development. Check out the conference website.

A PhD research scholarship is available in a non-traditional sources of data (i.e. social media) for impact modelling and evaluation of disaster events. The Joint Centre for Disaster Research (JCDR) is awarding a 3-year PhD Scholarship for late 2017 - 2020. The scholarship is available to the students of all nationalities. The starting date is any time from September to December 2017.  More details .

The Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network ( MFAN) is seeking a motivated individual who is interested in global development policy to join our team as the Program Associate. He/she will provide programmatic, event and administrative support to the MFAN staff and Co-Chairs. For more details about this entry level position, click here.

The U.S. Department of State Student Internship is an unpaid, intensive internship offering U.S. citizen undergraduate and graduate students a chance to participate in the formulation and implementation of U.S. foreign policy, working closely with representatives of the U.S. Department of State's Foreign and Civil Services. The program is both professionally and academically beneficial, providing participants with hands-on experience and insight into the substance and daily operations of U.S. foreign policy. Requires either a Public Trust, Secret or Top Secret security clearance and full time work during spring 2018.

Applications due: June 30, 2017 Details

Amrita University, one of India's premiere teaching and research institutions, is inviting talented individuals with a Ph.D. or those completing their PhD in the next 12 months with a strong commitment to teaching and research for faculty positions at its Bangalore, Coimbatore, and Amritapuri campuses. For more details about interview dates and positions, click here.

Hundreds of  2018-2019  Fulbright Fellowships are available. Check out the opportunities in the Catalog of Awards.

Applications due: August 1, 2017

Clara Vista is seeking two interns to live in rural Costa Rica and work at their community center for 6 months starting this fall. One will focus on implementing our sustainable community development plan, and the other will focus on building relationships and grant writing. Food/lodging is paid for as well as a $500 travel stipend. Applications are due June 30, 2017.

They also have 3 openings on their volunteer marketing and communications committee (commitment of 10 hrs per month) specifically for social media, graphic design, and website support. For full details, see www.claravista.org/join-out-team/ .

The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies is now accepting applications for the Spring 2018 academic and internship programs! Join their community of students and researchers from Israel, Palestine, Jordan, the US, and around the world by spending a semester or a year with them in southern Israel.

For more information, see details

A year into the job, Philippe Le Houérou's vision for IFC 3.0 takes shape - Devex (login req'd)

Good faith or hostile takeover? How to judge a development re-org plan - Ctr for Global Dvlp

Opinion: Why Faith-Based Organizations are particularly well suited to 'Doing Development Differently'  - Oxfam Blogs

Opinion: 7 tips for organizational transformation in development - Devex