Jun 9, 2021 | The SEEP WEE Working Group
The impacts of COVID-19 have been felt everywhere, with no country spared. Yet, they have not been felt the same way by everyone. While women are losing their jobs at higher rates than men, e…
Apr 13, 2021 | Evidence Consortium on Women’s Groups
View Presentation - report on impacts of COVID on women's groups in Asia coming soon! In a policy brief released in the early stages of the COVID pandemic in June 2020, the Evidence Consortiu…
Dec 2, 2020 | The World Bank
View Presentation Q&A Report Coming Soon Savings Groups are one of the most widespread community development initiatives worldwide. In Africa, there are about 20 million active members in…
Nov 24, 2020 | The SEEP Network
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La pandemia COVID-19 plantea riesgos cruciales para la salud y la economía de los Grupos de Ahorros y sus participantes. Así mis…
Oct 14, 2020 | The SEEP Network
View Presentation Questions & Answers Digitization is the future of Savings Groups across the globe. Some regions will transition sooner than others, but one day soon digital record-keep…
Aug 11, 2020 | The SEEP Network
View Presentation Q&A Coming Soon... Focusing on the needs of customers remains a challenge in Africa, according to the recent Savings and Retail Banking in Africa report published by…
Aug 6, 2020 | The SEEP Network
Q&A Coming Soon! This webinar featured several models and donor perspectives for facilitating market linkages for vulnerable adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Kenya, Rwanda, Ugan…
Jul 29, 2020 | The SEEP Network
View Presentation Q&A Report The Innovation Challenge from SG2020: The Future of Savings Groups went virtual and that’s not the only good news. In the interest of being truly inclus…
Jul 16, 2020 | The SEEP Network
Q&A Report Coming Soon! As COVID-19 continues to disrupt countries around the world, organizations are struggling with how to continue delivering quality services while maintaining essent…
Jul 16, 2020 | The SEEP Network
Q&A bientôt restez à l'écoute! Alors que COVID-19 continue de perturber les pays du monde entier, les organisations non-gouvernementales (ONG) et entreprises se demand…
Jun 17, 2020 | The SEEP Network & AMEA Global
If you are interested in becoming a member of SEEP, email membership@seepnetwork.org The SEEP Network and The Agribusiness Market Ecosystem Alliance (AMEA) is excited to announce a Network…
Jun 2, 2020 | The SEEP Network
Questions & Answers The Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Working Group and FinEquity were delighted to cohost a 90-minute virtual roundtable discussion on COVID-19 and Women&rsquo…
May 28, 2020 | The SEEP Network
View Presentation Q&A Report Coming Soon! As COVID-19 continues to disrupt countries around the world, food security and livelihoods are at risk, particularly for Africa’s most vuln…
May 20, 2020 | The SEEP Network
View Presentation View Q&A Report Savings Groups are one of the most consistent and sustainable platforms for community development worldwide. Currently, there are more than 15 million me…
May 7, 2020 | The SEEP Network
View Presentation View Q&A Sexual harassment is prevalent across the world and negatively affects women’s employment, including women’s workplace attendance and productivity…
Apr 22, 2020 | The SEEP Network
View Presentation Q&A Coming Soon Markets play a critical role in how people survive, as well as being physical places where people meet to buy and sell goods. As COVID-19 disrupts the no…
Apr 16, 2020 | The SEEP Network
View Presentation View Q&A Funded by the U.K. Department for International Development and working in Jordan and Egypt, the Arab Women’s Enterprise Fund (AWEF) stimulates increased…
Feb 5, 2020 | The SEEP Network
View Presentation Q&A Coming Soon... Over the last 25 years, development organizations have formed about 700,000 Savings Groups composed of 14 million members, across 75 countries. Most p…
Jan 16, 2020 | The SEEP Network
View Presentation Read Q&A Report We know that Savings Groups are powerful. We know they can work for refugees and displaced people. But Savings Groups are seldom promoted among refugee…
Dec 11, 2019 | The SEEP Network
View Presentation Q&A Report There is strong evidence that Savings Groups expand women’s access to financial services, and contribute to asset accumulation and increased business…
Nov 20, 2019 | The SEEP Network
View Presentation Across low and middle-income countries, significant gender gaps persist in women’s access to and usage of financial services. This is despite the fact that financial s…
Nov 14, 2019 | The SEEP Network
View Presentation Q&A Report One of the most promising areas of innovation related to Savings Groups is the emergence of applications that digitize group procedures, transactions and rec…
Oct 2, 2019 | The SEEP Network
View presentation Q&A Report Findex data shows that across Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia formal financial inclusion has increased significantly, from 32% in 2011 to 64% in 2018. During the s…
Sep 25, 2019 | The SEEP Network
View Presentation Q&A Coming Soon! The promise — and potential — of blockchain to drive social impact is massive. From financial services, through supply chains, land and iden…
Sep 10, 2019 | The SEEP Network
View presentation View Q&A report Savings Groups provide a safe place for millions of men and women to save in underserved markets across the world. As Savings Groups mature, however, the…
Aug 27, 2019 | The SEEP Network
View presentation View Questions & Answers Across sub-Saharan Africa, young people account for half of the financially excluded. In Northern Africa, they represent a smaller proportion bu…
Aug 13, 2019 | The SEEP Network
View Presentation Questions & Answers - Coming soon! With the potential for positive social and commercial outcomes, “gender-smart” impact investing has seen growing interes…
Jul 24, 2019 | The SEEP Network
View Presentation Questions & Answers View Webinar Summary The private sector is an essential partner in the process of women’s economic empowerment. By adopting business practices…
Jul 11, 2019 | The SEEP Network
View Presentation Q&A Coming Soon! A recent state of practice report identifies 20 social protection policies and programs in sub-Saharan Africa with a Savings Group component. Savings…
May 20, 2019 | The SEEP Network
View Presentation Questions & Answers View Webinar Summary The apparel industry is globally one of the largest employers of female workers, with women representing 68% of the garment work…
Mar 26, 2019 | The SEEP Network
View Presentation Read Q&A Report A recent state of practice report identifies 74 government initiatives related to Savings Groups (SGs) across 20 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The int…
Feb 26, 2019 | The SEEP Network
View Presentation View Q&A International NGOs have been working with volunteers for as long as the development sector has existed, but the means through which volunteers contribute to dev…
Feb 13, 2019 | The SEEP Network
View Presentation View Webinar Summary View Webinar Q&A Fragile and Conflict-Affected States (FCAS) present both unique challenges as well as opportunities in terms of women’s eco…
Jan 21, 2019 | The SEEP Network
View Presentation View Webinar Q&A Background This webinar explored the legal and structural barriers to refugees’ entry into markets in two contexts. Oxfam explored findings from a…
Nov 20, 2018 |
Do Savings Groups expose members, individually and collectively, to risk? What are those risks? And what impact do they have? These are questions that the SEEP Network set out to address throu…
Nov 19, 2018 | The SEEP Network
View Presentation View Webinar Q&A Do Savings Groups expose members, individually and collectively, to risk? What are those risks? And what impact do they have? These are questions that t…
Nov 14, 2018 | The SEEP Network
This webinar featured how global companies can empower women by creating opportunities for them as entrepreneurs, suppliers, and distributors in the global economy. Global companies are in a…
Nov 7, 2018 | The SEEP Network
View Presentation View Webinar Q&A View Webinar Summary Digital technology is key to expanding access to financial services for women. Digital financial services can help improve women&rs…
Oct 29, 2018 | The SEEP Network
View presentation As part of the Mastercard Foundation Savings Learning Lab, Itad and The SEEP Network developed a searchable, interactive evidence map that provides consolidated access to…
Oct 15, 2018 | The SEEP Network
The Minimum Economic Recovery Standards are the internationally recognized consensus on best practices for building economic resilience for crisis-affected communities. The MERS handboo…
Sep 12, 2018 | The SEEP Network
View Presentation View Webinar Q&A Entertainment-Education or “Edutainment” represents an unprecedented opportunity to reach large audiences and those who may turn away from o…
Sep 5, 2018 | The SEEP Network
View Presentation About the Webinar Technology has the potential to improve the scale, sustainability, and impact of Savings Groups. A recent market survey conducted by the SEEP Network ident…
Jul 24, 2018 | The SEEP Network
View Presentation View Webinar Summary View Webinar Q&A Background This webinar explored different approaches of linking women to markets in the context of market systems and private sect…
Jul 18, 2018 | The SEEP Network
View Presentation What Challenges Have you Experienced Implementing Market Support? Read the Participant's Answers Background Have you heard about market support programming but don’t q…
Jun 4, 2018 | The SEEP Network
View & Download Presentation Questions and Answers Market assessment (collection of market data) and market analysis (analysis of this data to inform decision making) are crucial componen…
May 16, 2018 | The SEEP Network
View & Download Presentation Questions and Answers Recent attempts by WASH and Shelter actors to use common humanitarian market assessment tools are highlighting gaps in the tools' applic…
Apr 22, 2018 | The SEEP Network
View & Download Presentation This webinar focused on the importance of standards in humanitarian aid and longer-term development. As practical examples of the structure and use of standar…
Apr 18, 2018 | The SEEP Network
View & Download Presentation Questions and Answers Background Access to good quality and affordable childcare is a win-win-win for all: parents and their children, employers, and economie…
Mar 22, 2018 | The SEEP Network
View & Download Presentation Questions and Answers Detailed Webinar Summary Background Measuring changes in poverty and empowerment is complex. This requires carefully designed measure…
Mar 5, 2018 | The SEEP Network
View & Download Presentation Questions and Answers Download now! Background Over the past decade, funders, practitioners and researchers have made significant investments to understand…
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