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Moderator – Paul Tregidgo

Speaker – Michael Ferguson

Michael Ferguson is Senior Research Officer at Microfinance Opportunities, an innovative resource center that works with institutions within and beyond the microfinance sector to address client-focused issues related to client assessment, financial education, and micro-insurance. Dr. Ferguson is an expert on qualitative field methods, and his areas of research include impact assessment, evaluation, market research, demand assessment, and micro-insurance. He is currently managing three large-scale Financial Diaries studies in Kenya and Central Malawi.

Recent publications include "An Appetite for Credit: A Study of Product Innovation by Pro Mujer Peru" (September 2009), "Managing Risk in the West Bank: A Review of Supply and Demand for Microinsurance" (June 2009; with co-author Roland Steinmann of the Microinsurance Centre on supply side), "Assessment of Demand for Microinsurance: Thanh Tri District, Hanoi, Vietnam" (September 2008; with co-author Dao Van Hung), and "Financial Landscape Baseline: Service Innovations of Pro Mujer Peru" (July 2008).

He holds a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from the University of Michigan, where he specialized in Latin American culture and carried out extensive fieldwork in Peru. He has a BA from Dartmouth College.

This event is free for MFCNY and Credit Suisse MFWG members.