Carsey School of Public Policy (University of New Hampshire), United States of America
Conceptual Expert
Organizational Description:
The Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire is nationally recognized for its research, policy education, and engagement. The school takes on the pressing issues of the twenty-first century, striving for innovative, responsive, and equitable solutions.
Key person:
Prof. William O. Maddocks is the director of the Sustainable Microfinance and Development Program (SMDP) at the University of New Hampshire’s Carsey School of Public Policy.
Jeffrey Ashe, Research Fellow, Director of Community Finance I led Oxfam America/Freedom form Hunger’s Saving for Change program which reached over 700,000 women in Mali, Senegal, Cambodia, El Salvador and Guatemala. Mali was the largest of these programs with 450,000 women organized into 20,000 groups (half of them trained by volunteers from already established groups) in more than 6,000 villages. From a research perspective Mali (as well as Senegal)