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Promoting Responsible Finance and Sustainability in Azerbaijan: Lessons for Emerging Microfinance Associations

2019 | The SEEP Network & Genesis Analytics

This learning brief begins by providing an overview of the key players in the Azerbaijan microfinance sector, followed by more detail on the approaches used by AMFA to build its sustainability…

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State of Practice: Savings Groups and the Role of Government in Sub-Saharan Africa

2018 | Fiona Jarden and Aisha Rahamatali (CARE International)

Savings Groups are community-based financial service providers that deliver basic financial services to millions of members in underserved markets worldwide. Traditionally, the promotion of Sa…

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State of Practice: Savings Groups and the Dynamics of Inclusion - Main Findings

2018 | Benjamin S. Allen, Ph.D. (Catholic Relief Services)

This state of practice report provides a comprehensive overview of the inclusion of vulnerable populations in Savings Groups. Over the past 25 years, development organizations have mobilized m…

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State of Practice: Savings Groups and the Dynamics of Inclusion

2018 | Benjamin S. Allen, Ph.D. (Catholic Relief Services)

This state of practice report provides a comprehensive overview of the inclusion of vulnerable populations in Savings Groups. Over the past 25 years, development organizations have mobilized m…

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An Empirical Risk Assessment of Savings Groups

2018 | Ashley Wheaton (The SEEP Network)

The purpose of this risk assessment is to identify and assess the main risks that affect Savings Groups – based on the frequency and severity of negative outcomes – and ultimately…

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Shifting Social Norms in the Economy for Women's Economic Empowerment

2018 | Nisha Singh (The SEEP Network) and Anam Parvez Butt, Claudia Canepa (Oxfam)

Insights from a Practitioner Learning Group This document is a summary of the process and insights from the participants of a 2017 Practitioner Learning Group (PLG) on “Shifting Social N…

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Un Écosystème Pour Une Finance Responsable: Leçons tirées de la Conférence Internationale sur la Finance Responsable et Inclusive

2018 | The SEEP Network & Genesis Analytics

Le présent document décrit les observations et les leçons partagées par les participants au Sommet régional des Réseaux (RNS), qui s’est tenu le…

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Finance Responsable grâce au Leadership Local et à l'Apprentissage: Associations de Microfinance Africaines

2018 | The SEEP Network & Genesis Analytics

Ce rapport présente les enseignements tirés de la Conférence internationale sur la finance responsable et inclusive (ICRIF), organisée par l’Association des i…

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An Ecosystem for Responsible Finance: Lessons from the International Conference on Responsible and Inclusive Finance

2018 | The SEEP Network & Genesis Analytics

This report provides lessons learned from The International Conference on Responsible and Inclusive Finance (ICRIF), hosted by the Association of Microfinance Institutions in Rwanda (AMIR), ai…

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Création de mécanismes de résolution des plaintes gérés par les associations: Expériences d'AMFIU en Ouganda et du Consortium ALAFIA au Bénin

2018 | The SEEP Network

Un mécanisme de résolution des plaintes (MRP), qui peut aussi etre appele mécanisme de recours ou médiation, désigne un système de collecte, de r&eacu…

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Responsible Finance through Local Leadership: African Microfinance Associations

2018 | The SEEP Network & Genesis Analytics

This document captures the experiences and lessons shared by participants during the SEEP Regional Network Summit, held on March 20th, 2018 in Kigali, Rwanda, about their own experiences promo…

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المعايير الدنيا للانتعاش الاقتصادي الطبعة الثالثة

2018 | The SEEP Network

والمنظمات الحكومية الدولية ، والسكان المحليين والإدارات الحكومية لتعزيز فعالية ونوعية المساعدات الاقتصادية المقدمة ، وبالتالي إحداث فرق كبير في حياة الأشخاص المتأثرين بالكوارث. يقدم MERS إرشاد…

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Normas mínimas para la recuperación económica

2018 | The SEEP Network

El MERS ofrece herramientas para agencias humanitarias, organizaciones intergubernamentales, poblaciones locales y departamentos gubernamentales para mejorar la efectividad y calidad de la asi…

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Normes Minimales pour le Relèvement Économique

2018 | The SEEP Network

Le MERS offre des outils aux agences humanitaires, aux organisations intergouvernementales, aux populations locales et aux départements gouvernementaux pour améliorer l'efficacit…

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Commercial Relationships between Savings Groups and Financial Service Providers: Considerations in Developing a Business Model for Linkages

2018 | The SEEP Network

Over the last decade, there has been a proliferation of initiatives to expand access to formal financial services in underserved markets through Savings Groups (SGs). Initiatives to link Savin…

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La Finance Responsable en Inde: Enseignements pour le Rwanda

2018 | The SEEP Network & Genesis Analytics

Cette note de synthèse s’appuie sur les leçons tirées d’un programme d’étude auquel une délégation rwandaise a assisté du 28…

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Typologie des relations entre Groupes d'Épargne et prestataires de services financiers

2018 | Paul Rippey (FSD Zambia, The SEEP Network)

Cette note éducative propose une typologie pour décrire les types de relations entre les Groupes d'Épargne et les prestataires de services financiers, afin de faciliter le…

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Applying a Market Systems Approach to Savings Groups

2018 | Joanna Ledgerwood and Diane Johnson (The SEEP Network)

For Savings Groups to reach significant numbers of poor people in a sustainable manner, it is necessary to develop a vision for the future where Savings Groups are formed and continue to opera…

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Mécanismes Visant à Améliorer Les Pratiques de Protection des Clients au Rwanda

2018 | The SEEP Network & Genesis Analytics

Ce document éducatif donne un aperçu des besoins éprouvés par les institutions de microfinance (IMF) rwandaises dans la mise en place et l’implantation de pra…

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Surmonter les Contraintes Du Marché Pesant Sur La Protection Des Clients Au Rwanda

2018 | The SEEP Network

Un système de marché est un arrangement impliquant plusieurs fonctions et plusieurs acteurs. Il comprend la fonction de base par laquelle les biens et les services sont fournis a…

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Responsible Finance in India: Lessons for Rwanda

2018 | The SEEP Network & Genesis Analytics

This learning brief is based on the lessons that emerged during a study program attended by a Rwandan delegation to New Delhi, India from August 28-31, 2017. The study program was facilitated…

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Mechanisms to Improve Client Protection Practices in Rwanda

2017 | The SEEP Network & Genesis Analytics

This learning brief which provides an overview of the needs experienced by MFIs in Rwanda in introducing and embedding client protection practices in their operations. It draws on consumer pro…

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Understanding the Impact of Savings Groups

2017 | Megan Gash

Over the past decade, funders, practitioners, and researchers have made significant investments to understand the impact of Savings Groups (SGs). In the mid-2000s, practitioners began document…

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Overcoming Market Constraints To Client Protection In Rwanda

2017 | The SEEP Network & the Association of Microfinance Institutions in Rwanda (AMIR)

As part of the Responsible Finance through Local Leadership and Learning in Rwanda program, SEEP and AMIR are committed to working with all the stakeholders that can contribute to the scaling…

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Disaster Risk Reduction for Financial Service Providers: Promising Practices for Building Resiliency

2017 | The SEEP Network

The SEEP Network's global Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Program, funded by the Citi Foundation, seeks to promote more resilient financial services markets in which financial service providers…

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A Typology of Relationships between Savings Groups and Financial Service Providers

2017 | Paul Rippey (FSD Zambia, SEEP Network)

This learning brief proposes a typology to describe the types of relationships between Savings Groups and financial service providers, to ease discussion, facilitate research, improve comparis…

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Evidence, Hope, and Hype: A Review of the Literature concerning Commercial Relationships between Savings Groups and Financial Service Providers

2017 | Paul Rippey (FSD Zambia, SEEP Network)

A comprehensive review of relevant and accessible literature on the facilitation of commercial relationships between Savings Groups and financial service providers, including research, project…

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Savings Groups National Stakeholder Meeting - Savings Groups: Beyond Financial Services

2017 | The SEEP Network

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Responsible Finance: The Making of Association-Led Client Grievance Redress Mechanisms Experiences of AMFIU in Uganda & Consortium Alafia in Benin

2017 | The SEEP Network

A grievance redress mechanism (GRM), also called complaint resolution mechanism, recourse or redress mechanism, or mediation, refers to a system for collecting, resolving, and responding to cl…

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Responsible Finance: The Making of Association-Led Client Grievance Redress Mechanisms Experiences of AMFIU in Uganda and Consortium Alafia in Benin

2017 | The SEEP Network

A grievance redress mechanism (GRM), also called complaint resolution mechanism, recourse or redress mechanism, or mediation, refers to a system for collecting, resolving, and responding to cl…

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Delivering Formal Financial Services to Savings Groups: A Handbook for Financial Service Providers

2017 | The SEEP Network

There are over 14 million members of Savings Groups across 75 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, representing a promising platform for financial inclusion in underserved markets. Sa…

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Minimum Economic Recovery Standards: Third Edition

2017 | The SEEP Network

The MERS offer tools for humanitarian agencies, inter-governmental organizations, local populations and government departments to enhance the effectiveness and quality of the economic assistan…

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Building Resiliency Through Disaster Risk Reduction: An Assessment of India's Microfinance Sector

2017 | The SEEP Network

Read the Executive Summary Watch Presentation Video Read Through the Presentation Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) largely cater to poor and near-poor populations. Not only are MFI clients ex…

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Bilan de la pratique : Protection des clients dans le secteur de la microfinance au Burkina Faso

2016 | The SEEP Network

Par le biais du programme de Finance Responsable par le biais du leadership local (RFLL), le Réseau SEEP travaille avec sept associations de microfinance en Afrique sub-saharienne (au B…

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Bilan de la pratique : Protection des clients dans le secteur de la microfinance au Sénégal

2016 | The SEEP Network

Par le biais du programme de Finance Responsable par le biais du leadership local (RFLL), le Réseau SEEP travaille avec sept associations de microfinance en Afrique sub-saharienne (au B…

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Bilan de la pratique: Protection des clients dans le secteur de la microfinance en Ouganda

2016 | The SEEP Network

Par le biais du programme de Finance Responsable par le biais du leadership local (RFLL), le Réseau SEEP travaille avec sept associations de microfinance en Afrique sub-saharienne (au B…

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Cash Transfer Resilience Tool

2016 | International Rescue Committee

The objective of the CTRT is to help humanitarian agencies at the country level better prepare for emergency response using cash transfers. This tool aims to guide humanitarian organizations…

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First Microfinance Bank-Afghanistan (FMFB-A): Building Resilience through a Client-Centric Model

2016 | Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance

The Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance’s (AKAM) mission is centered around creating lasting improvement in the quality of life of its clients by delivering client-centric financial product…

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Habitat for Humanity India's Disaster Risk Reduction Insurance

2016 | Habitat for Humanity India

Habitat for Humanity India (HFHI) has years of experience providing shelter in tandem with disaster response and risk reduction services. The increasing frequency and severity of disasters has…

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State of the Practice: Client Protection in Rwanda's Microfinance Sector

2016 | The SEEP Network

Through the Responsible Finance through Local Leadership (RFLL) program (2012–2016), the SEEP Network is engaged with seven microfinance associations in sub-Saharan Africa (in Benin, Bur…

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State of the Practice: Client Protection in Rwanda's Microfinance Sector

2016 | The SEEP Network

Through the Responsible Finance through Local Leadership (RFLL) program (2012–2016), the SEEP Network is engaged with seven microfinance associations in sub-Saharan Africa (in Benin, Bur…

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State of the Practice: Client Protection in Senegal's Microfinance Sector

2016 | The SEEP Network

Through the Responsible Finance through Local Leadership (RFLL) program (2012–2016), the SEEP Network is engaged with seven microfinance associations in sub-Saharan Africa (in Benin, Bur…

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State of the Practice: Client Protection in Uganda's Microfinance Sector

2016 | The SEEP Network

Through the Responsible Finance through Local Leadership (RFLL) program (2012–2016), the SEEP Network is engaged with seven microfinance associations in sub-Saharan Africa (in Benin, Bur…

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State of the Practice: Client Protection in Burkina Faso's Microfinance Sector

2016 | The SEEP Network

Through the Responsible Finance through Local Leadership (RFLL) program (2012–2016), the SEEP Network is engaged with seven microfinance associations in sub-Saharan Africa (in Benin, Bur…

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Unpaid Care Work in Market Systems Development: Measurement Practices for Women's Economic Empowerment

2016 | Erin Markel

This technical brief documents emerging thought leadership on measurement practices for unpaid care work. More specifically, it presents a survey of current good practices, explores how practi…

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Promoting Women's Economic Empowerment: Beyond-Production in Market Systems Programs

2016 | Erin Markel

This brief examines how and why practitioners are achieving women’s economic empowerment (WEE) outcomes through interventions that seek to promote and empower women in agricultural roles…

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Engaging and Working with Men: Program Insights and Key Considerations for the Agriculture Sector

2016 | Brian Heilman

This technical brief presents guidance on the effective engagement of men in programming to achieve women’s economic empowerment (WEE) and gender equality outcomes in the agricultural se…

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Market Facilitation Clinics: A "How to" Manual

2016 | Mike Klassen

Market Facilitation Clinics are a method that brings together market development practitioners to help each other overcome practical and urgent challenges. This publication outlines Market Fac…

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What We Want to Know: A Practitioner-Led Research Agenda for Savings Groups

2016 | Megan Gash

This research agenda highlights the most salient issues in the SG community, and it guides attention and resources to addressing them so that innovation may be informed by evidence. The theme…

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First Microfinance Institution Syria: Building Resilience through a Client-Centric Model

2016 | Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance

The Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance’s (AKAM) mission is centered around creating lasting improvement in the quality of life of its clients by delivering client-centric financial product…

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