tweets o' the day

• 02:43 happy to be connected to the University of Bergamo wifi. we're ready to rock this wiki
• 03:49 off to find lunch in Bergamo before the Forum gets started
• 06:06 attendees trickling into the Boulder Bergamo Forum on Access to Financial Services. busy helping others get on the wifi network as well
• 07:08 #BBF08 Bob Christen comparing/contrasting the differences between poor people 35 years ago and today and how microfinance has helped them
• 07:10 #BBF08 Much to be done still to provide financial services to the poor: transaction costs too high, need to bring down to 20% of costs today
• 07:12 #BBF08 Interest rates still a big issue. Still need to build the case via better business models. Lots of work in agricultural finance.
• 07:19 @neddotcom here's the link for the Boulder-Bergamo Forum #BBF08 snurl.com/3rgl4 wiki is being updated in (mostly) real time
• 07:29 @neddotcom not too many ohers here with laptops open, let alone Twitter on screen. baby steps
• 13:04 enjoying a birra media with new friends in Bergamo
• 23:37 Conference Hall still filling up with attendees. 0830 start seems a little ambitious
• 23:46 we're underway on day 2 of the Boulder-Bergamo Forum on #BBF08

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