Bob Harris

In addition to TV and film writing, Bob is also the author of five books, most recently The International Bank of Bob (Bloomsbury, 2013), a personal study of global microfinance pursued by investing in small businesses in 89 countries via Kiva.org. Bob personally followed his own money as it passed thru Kiva; its investors and partners; local loan officers; and finally clients themselves in Rwanda, Lebanon, Kenya, India, Bosnia, Peru, Cambodia, and more than a dozen other countries. As of May 2016, nearly 2000 readers of the book have formed a Kiva lending team called Friends of Bob Harris, which has lent more than $6.8 million to small enterprises in more than 80 developing countries. As a result of this work, Bob has been invited to speak at Google, Citi, Visa, more than 30 American universities, a plenary session of the European Parliament, and a panel at the US Department of State's annual Chiefs of Mission conference. Bob also won Associated Press and L.A. Press Club "Best Featu