Earlier this year, we were thrilled to award five grants as part of the Women Saving for Resilience Innovation Fund. The awards support ground-breaking COVID-19 response and recovery efforts r…
There are over 300 million people around the world living in fragile contexts, with nearly 26 million refugees fleeing conflict and scarcity. With historically high numbers of people living in…
Developed by the Evidence Consortium on Women’s Groups, this brief presents emerging evidence from studies in diverse African contexts— with a deep dive into Nigeria and Uganda&mda…
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This blog post was originally published on the FinDev Gateway blog. We are pleased to share it with the SEEP community.
World Vision shares how they are working to…
This report synthesizes the state of knowledge on the linkages between psychosocial factors and resilience through the lens of Self Help Groups (SHGs). The objective of the report is two-fold.…
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This blog was originally published on the Itad website. We're pleased to share it here with the SEEP community.
#SEEP2020 was my first virtual conference. While I…
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Savings Groups are one of the most widespread community development initiatives worldwide. In Africa, there are about 20 million active members in…
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Digitization is the future of Savings Groups across the globe. Some regions will transition sooner than others, but one day soon digital record-keep…
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Digitization is the future of Savings Groups across the globe. Some regions will transition sooner than others, but one day soon digital record-keeping will be the s…
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How about we went into a project saying, “women are powerful, let’s treat them that way?” If we wish to impact lives beyond the life of on…
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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…
2020 |George Muruka & Aisha Rahamatali (CARE International)
In 2019, SEEP convened a Peer Learning Group (PLG) comprised of both government and civil society social protection programs to explore the Role of Savings Groups in Supporting Graduation from…
2020 |Erin Lewis (The BOMA Project) & Yéréfolo Mallé (Trickle Up)
In 2019, SEEP convened a Peer Learning Group (PLG) comprised of both government and civil society social protection programs to explore the Role of Savings Groups in Supporting Graduation from…
2020 |Aisha Rahamatali & George Muruka (CARE International)
In 2019, SEEP convened a Peer Learning Group (PLG) comprised of both government and civil society social protection programs to explore the Role of Savings Groups in Supporting Graduation from…
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Focusing on the needs of customers remains a challenge in Africa, according to the recent Savings and Retail Banking in Africa report published by the Scale2Save Pro…
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Savings Groups are one of the most consistent and sustainable platforms for community development worldwide. Currently, there are more than 15 million me…
Agent booth in Lusaka, Zambia. Credits: John Balaba, SatF
This blog looks back at a recent Savings at the Frontier collaboration with nine financial service providers (FSPs) in Africa to exami…
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Savings Groups are one of the most consistent and sustainable platforms for community development worldwide. Currently, there are more than 15 million members in Sav…
Over the last 25 years, development actors have trained approximately 700,000 Savings Groups, comprised of 14 million members, across 75 countries. Despite the seemingly large number of Saving…
Over the last 25 years, Savings Groups have emerged as a key financial inclusion strategy in underserved markets, and development organizations have formed about 700,000 groups composed of 14…
