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This event couldn’t be possible without your involvement, so don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn valuable information about gender and microfinance and connect with an expert in the field. If you would like to propose questions prior to the … Read More >
The SEEP Network and MIX Present
A Conversation on Financial Inclusion in Africa
with Audrey Linthorst and Scott Gaul
Have you heard about this report? Has it been relevant to your work? Would you like a chance to discuss it with the authors?
http://africa.mixmarket.org/
Africa has among the lowest rates of financial inclusion and investment worldwide, … Read More >
Hundreds of live tweets poured in last week from Making Cents International‘s three-day Global Youth Economic Opportunities Conference, covering everything from the 17-year old who invented Skype to how MTV can foster positive social change (maybe). Here’s a sampling of the opportunities, obstacles, and advice that grabbed the attention of the conference attendees and their smartphones.
Day … Read More >
Image by IRIN Photos
From natural disasters to political upheaval, a number of threats can put microfinance institutions (MFIs) and their clients in jeopardy. As a result, microfinance networks increasingly need the ability to take fast, effective action in response to crises that threaten their member MFIs.
Case in point: Pakistan in July 2010. When severe … Read More >
After the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2005, many organizations promoted cash-for-work programs in an effort to inject cash into the economy and help households meet basic livelihood needs. Unintentionally, many of the cash-for-work programs provided daily wage rates that were much higher than those earned by local farmers through their normal agricultural activities.
Needless to say, … Read More >
Originally posted in the July SEEP Monthly Networker:
For a week in May, representatives from four SEEP partner organizations assembled in El Salvador to collaborate on creating learning products that will share knowledge on extending financial services to young people in developing countries. The workshop was a part of the SEEP Practitioner Learning Program (PLP) on Innovations … Read More >
