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What's Missing: The Pivotal Role of Social Protection for Women Entrepreneurs

Nov 15, 2019 | Sarah Gammage, ICRW

Sarah Gammage speaking at the 2019 SEEP Annual Conference. As development practitioners, we tackle challenges and opportunities facing women entrepreneurs globally. Experts debate topics from…

An Innovative Pathway to Smallholder Farmer Resilience During Pest Crises

Nov 13, 2019 | Ellen Galdava, FHI 360

The author, Ellen Galdava, presents her Innovation Challenge poster at the 2019 SEEP Annual Conference. What is FAW? Fall armyworm (FAW) has been making headlines across the world due to its d…

Putting Heads Together to Strengthen Women's Economic Empowerment and Resilience

Oct 20, 2019 | Women for Women International

Women for Women International program participants in Nigeria. Photo Credit: Sefa Nkansa What practical approaches maximize women’s economic empowerment, reduce risks and increase resil…

Building Bridges between Financial Institutions and Rural Communities in Post-Conflict Regions: The Business Case

Oct 18, 2019 | Estefania McPhaul and Asdrubal Negrete, Chemonics

Banco de Bogota’s “mobile branch” bus travels to small towns in Colombia, allowing rural communities to open bank accounts and speak with financial advisors. How does the dev…

Empowering Women Through Savings Groups

Oct 1, 2019 | Elizabeth Kiamba, FSD Africa

This blog was originally published on the FSD Africa website. We are pleased to share it here with the SEEP community. Photo courtesy: FSD Africa Our economies are built on the back of women&…

Maximizing the Power of Climate Data by Building Trust

Sep 19, 2019 | Jeff Ratcliffe & Marie-Claire Tuzeneu, Chemonics

Community members in Koporo Pen Commune collect rainfall data using a rain gauge.
As the frequency and magnitude of climate-related hazards increases, these changes are affecting people&…

Youth Financial Inclusion: What We're Missing & How Can We Serve Them Better

Sep 16, 2019 | Helen Bailey, Itad

In a recent review of evidence of youth savings initiatives, we found that many studies struggled to disentangle results for youth from the rest of the household and either lacked a definition…

Checking in With the Savings Evidence Map

Aug 20, 2019 | Diana Dezso, Itad

The Savings Evidence Map lives on the Mango Tree and consolidates evidence on a broad range of savings initiatives. The Savings Evidence Map was launched in 2018 as part of the Savings Learnin…

Looking Backwards to Move Forward: What Traditional Ways of Saving in Groups Can Teach Us

Jul 29, 2019 | Jeffrey Ashe

It was the summer of 2004. Mamadou Biteye [1] and I [2] met a group of women traders at a market two hours from Bamako, Mali’s capital [3]. Before we made our pitch for Saving for Change…

7 Lessons in Shifting Social Norms for Women's Economic Empowerment

Jul 23, 2019 | Julia Hakspiel, MarketShare Associates

Panelists (left to right): Anna Mecagni from Women for Women International; Kaitlin Love from IPSOS; Sarah Gammage from ICRW; Caroleena Fontes from Oxfam America; Angeline Munzara from World V…

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