Self Reliance

Innovating a franchise to fit local conditions may actually lead to less growth, shows a new Marriott School study.

An innovative self-help program engineered by Marriott School graduate João Bueno, recently reached the 10,000-person milestone in villages throughout Mozambique.

W. Gibb Dyer received a $5,000 grant from the FOBI to study how owning a business affects family relationships.

A group of BYU students is one step closer to building self-sustainable schools in India after winning the 2008 SVC.

BYU will host special premiere

Professor and Student’s Research Study to be Published in Utah Academy Journal

Brigham Young University officials announce the creation of the Center for Economic Self-Reliance to oversee and coordinate the university’s ongoing initiatives to help families throughout the world become economically self-reliant.

The Sixth Annual Microenterprise Conference, sponsored by the Program for Economic Self-Reliance at Brigham Young University’s Marriott School, will be held 13-15 March 2003. The conference — the largest of its kind — gathers microfinance institutions, non-governmental organizations, educators, students and volunteers for discussions and workshops on microenterprise innovations.

The Marriott School at Brigham Young University anticipates hundredsof participants at its fourth annual Microenterprise Conference 5-7 April 2001. The free conference, believed to be the largest of its kind, is open to BYU students, faculty, staff and the public. Microenterprise is amovement that uses small loans and business education to help the poor become self-reliant. This year’s theme, “Practical Approaches to Ending Poverty,” will bring together educators, investors and non-governmental organizations from around the world.