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Where are the Men? How Male Engagement in Savings Groups Can Contribute to Financial Inclusion and Women's Empowerment

2019 | Ashley Wheaton (SEEP Network)

Worldwide, about 80 percent of Savings Group members are women (SAVIX 2019). Gendered participation rates in Savings Groups mirror those of the microfinance sector, which set a precedent of em…

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Practical Tools and Frameworks for Measuring Agency in Women's Economic Empowerment

2019 | Mansi Anand (Oxfam), Anna Mecagni (Women for Women International) & Maryam Piracha (PRISMA)

There is increasing interest from economic programs to better understand, measure and capture agency across interventions in order to more deliberately pursue women’s economic empowermen…

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Women's Empowerment and Savings Groups: Monitoring and Results Measurement Toolkit

2019 | Katherine Rickard (Nathan Associates)

As Savings Groups increasingly serve as a pillar of gender-focused programs, there is a need to better understand the pathways between Savings Groups and women’s empowerment. The purpose…

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Savings Groups and Consumer Protection: How Savings Groups Responded to Insecurity and Theft in Madagascar

2019 | marc bavois and Benjamin S. Allen, Ph.D. (Catholic Relief Services)

For millions of financially excluded individuals worldwide, Savings Groups offer the opportunity to save and borrow small amounts of cash in a convenient, accessible and generally safe manner.…

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Savings Groups and Consumer Protection: Risk Mitigation through Community-Based Structures

2019 | Benjamin S. Allen, Ph.D., and marc bavois (Catholic Relief Services)

Over the last two decades, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has promoted Savings Groups – referred to as Savings and Internal Lending Communities, or SILCs – reaching about 3.8 milli…

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Savings Groups and Consumer Protection: Government Regulation, Rules and Guidelines

2019 | Sukhwinder Arora and Ian Robinson (Arora Associates)

What role do governments play in protecting Savings Groups as financial service providers and their members as financial consumers? This brief paper assesses emerging government efforts to reg…

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Women's Empowerment and Savings Groups: What Do We Know?

2019 | Katherine Rickard and Amalia Johnsson (Nathan Associates)

This learning brief examines the pathways between Savings Groups and women’s empowerment, the evidence with respect to various outcome areas, and how women’s empowerment outcomes c…

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Promotion de la Finance Responsable et la Viablité en Azerbaidjan: Leçons pour les associations de microfinance émergentes

2019 | The SEEP Network & Genesis Analytics

Le présent document se base sur les leçons tirées à l’occasion du voyage d’étude réalisé par une délégation rwandaise…

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MERS Case Study: Using the MERS to Rapidly Identify Quality Improvements for Market Interventions in Fragile Development Contexts

2019 | The SEEP Network

In December 2018, Global Communities began the formation of a multi-country team of twelve MERS ambassadors through a SEEP-facilitated MERS training event for selected individuals from across…

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MERS Case Study: Applying MERS to a Market Study in Congo-Brazzaville

2019 | The SEEP Network

This case study shows how the MERS were applied to a 2018 market study conducted by Catholic Relief Services, following displacement in Congo-Brazzaville. In May of 2016, conflict triggered by…

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MERS Case Study: Mainstreaming MERS within Smaller Organizations

2019 | The SEEP Network

This case study focuses on Bonyan, a local NGO based in Syria, and how they adapted the MERS to help with market-based program interventions. In early 2018, the SEEP Network partnered with the…

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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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MERS Case Study: Response in Nepal after the earthquake in 2015

2015 | Sphere

On 25 April 2015, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal. It was the largest earthquake to take place in the country in 80 years. Less than three weeks later, on 12 May, another 7.3-magnitude ea…

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