Today, there is an unprecedented global momentum for poverty eradication. Not only the United Nations, but also high profile global leaders—Bill and Melinda Gates, Mohamed Yunus, as well…
Spearheaded by The SEEP Network Povery Outreach Working Group (POWG), members of which moderated the forum, the online discussion sough to identify the financial and enterprise development pro…
The SEEP Network’s Ecotourism PLP1 examined strategies to promote sustainable job creation and increased incomes for small enterprises working both directly and indirectly in the growing…
El PLP de SEEP Network en Ecoturismo1 examinó estrategias para promover la creación sostenible de empleo y el aumento de ingresos para pequeñas empresas trabajando directa…
Save the Children and Fondation Zakoura Microcredit (FZMC) are implementing the “Linking Youth with Knowledge and Opportunities in Microfinance,” or LYKOM (which means “for y…
En la década anterior, el incremento de los viajes internacionales hacia países en desarrollo creció en un 94.4 por ciento comparado con la tasa de crecimiento de só…
Existe un conocimiento profundo de la importancia de relaciones ganar – ganar en cadenas de valor. Esta nota técnica explora las lecciones únicas aprendidas por actores esp…
There is an extensive body of knowledge on the importance of win-win relationships in value chains. This technical note explores the unique lessons learned by key actors along the tourism valu…
During the last decade, the growth of international travel to developing nations grew by 94.4 percent, compared to a growth rate of only 34 percent for developed countries.1 Tourism therefore…
2008 |Michael Lee, Sabina Rogers, Will Morgan, Kim Alter
For this on-line conference and the positioning paper that prefaced the dialogue, Social Enterprise (SE) is defined as:
A nonprofit organization or socially-oriented venture that advances its…
2008 |Elizabeth Diebold, Laura Meissner, Fiona Macaulay
The world youth population is growing rapidly, with many youth facing serious obstacles: according to statistics from the International Labor Organization, only 30 percent are living in countr…
NGOs, non-profits, and other social purpose organizations have traditionally relied on grants, donations, and contracts to fund their work in poverty alleviation, enterprise development, marke…
2008 |Gary Woller, SEEP Network Social Performance Working Group
The SEEP Network Social Performance Working Group’s Social Performance Map is the road map to social transparency and accountability for the microfinance industry. The Mapprovides a summ…
2008 |Jan P. Maes, Laura Foose, Amelia Greenberg, Mary McVay
This paper presents the findings from research conducted by the Poverty Outreach Working Group (POWG) at the SEEP Network on approaches among microenterprise development (MD) organizations aim…
This report summarizes key themes and lessons learned from the “Lessons for a Cost-Effective Rural or Post-Disaster Household Survey” Speaker’s Corner, held January 27-28, 20…
Stakeholders in the Children, Communities, and Care (PC3) Program in Ethiopia recognized that the program would have a significant and sustainable impact only if its activities strengthened th…
IMAGE is a combined microfinance plus education program that seeks to explicitly address key structural factors driving the HIV & AIDS epidemic by integrating the delivery of gender and HI…
The consequences of HIV and AIDS are unprecedented and far-reaching. For many families, concerns about poverty subsume concerns about the effects of HIV and AIDS. Poverty and social factors, s…
AIDS is the leading cause of death worldwide for people aged 15-49. There are more than 33.2 million people living with HIV & AIDS, nearly 22.5 million of which live in sub-Saharan Africa.…
The SEEP Network Guidelines for Microenterprise Development in HIV & AIDS-Impacted Communities: Supporting Economic Security and Health (―The SEEP Guidelines‖) present strategies for cross…
This book of The SEEP Network Guidelines for Microenterprise Development in HIV & AIDS-Impacted Communities: Supporting Economic Security and Health addresses critical questions for public…
Book 2 of The SEEP Guidelines addresses critical questions for microenterprise professionals who want to use MED strategies more effectively to help people escape the poverty-sickness trap tha…
Book 3 of The SEEP Guidelines addresses critical questions for policy makers—donors, strategic planners, and advocates—who seek to support more effective ways to help people escape…
AIDS is the leading cause of death worldwide for people aged 15-49. There are more than 33.2 million people living with HIV and AIDS, nearly 22.5 million of which live in sub-Saharan Africa. A…
Effective AIDS program responses have opened opportunities for more economic initiatives in AIDS-impacted communities. For example, with the availability of life-extending anti-retroviral ther…
