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SEEP published a paper that highlights key themes important to industry leaders and will help form the learning agenda for a initiative called STEP UP: Strengthening The Economic Potential of the Ultra Poor.

In a recent Inter-American Dialogue article, a group of industry experts were asked: Where does Latin America's microfinance industry stand today, following a year when the negative sides of microfinance captured headlines.

In a recent Inter-American Dialogue article, a group of industry experts were asked: Where does Latin America's microfinance industry stand today, following a year when the negative sides of microfinance captured headlines.

In a recent Inter-American Dialogue article, a group of industry experts were asked: Where does Latin America's microfinance industry stand today, following a year when the negative sides of microfinance captured headlines.

In a recent Inter-American Dialogue article, a group of industry experts were asked: Where does Latin America's microfinance industry stand today, following a year when the negative sides of microfinance captured headlines.

Semhar Araia, founder and Executive Director of the Diaspora African Women's Network, shares her story of her involvement in the Horn of Africa diaspora.

Chuck Waterfield, founder of MFTransparency, reflects on the recent debate "Moving Financial Inclusion Beyond Microfinance."

In this video, David Roodman reflects on the recent debate and shares both its successes and challenges.

In this video, Milford Bateman expands on his points and shares key takeaways from the debate.

Members of The SEEP Network provide a recap of the debate "Moving Financial Inclusion Beyond Microfinance."

In this video, Eric Sarriot of CEDARS at ICF International discusses sustainability strategies for health systems that can be applied to food security and value chain interventions.

Eric Sarriot of ICF's CEDARS discusses lessons learned about how health systems may be relevant to the world of food security and value chain interventions.

Following the 2011 SEEP Annual Conference held in Washington, DC on October 31 to November 3, The SEEP Network Executive Director Sharon D'Onofrio discusses conference highlights, the new SEEP Network website, and provides a 2012 conference preview.

Early in December, The SEEP Network hosted an online discussion on its blog to discuss recent data collection efforts by the Microfinance Information Exchange. The online conversation centered on financial inclusion in Africa.

What one almost never expects is the dance that Malian mothers do to support their families during this time.

Catch the highlights from the Global Microcredit Summit, held once every five years, that took place on November 14-17 in Valladolid, Spain.

Maria Stephens provides an overview of the Mobile Financial Services Seminar series and frames the discussion on deposit insurance and consumer risks within a broader financial systems context.

Mark Egerman of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Christopher Hencke of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation share key takeaways from the recent Mobile Financial Services Seminar.

During the media roundtable at the 2011 SEEP Annual Conference, Rosita Najmi of Financial Acces @ Birth discussed this social and economic innovation that seeks financial inclusion for newborns in the developing world.

Can diasporas really serve as bridges to global markets for their countries of origin? A closer look at tourism and trade during the fifth Diaspora Engagement Seminar seems to imply exactly that. Dr. Manuel Orozco from the Inter-American Dialogue and Dr. Gaynelle Henderson-Bailey, President of Henderson Travel Service, were featured in this month’s seminar titled, "Heritage Tourism and Nostalgia Trade.”

CreditEase is China’s first, and now the biggest, peer-to-peer microcredit platform working with the unbanked in China.

This blog further explores the microfinance environment in Russia and work of the Russian Microfinance Center

This year Microlinks partnered with The SEEP Network to cover the 2011 SEEP Annual Conference held on October 31- November 3 in Arlington, VA.

Following the media roundtable at the 2011 SEEP Annual Conference, Kate Druschel Griffin of Grameen Foundation's Solutions for the Poorest program discusses issues Grameen faced at the start of their program.

Following his presentation at the the 2011 SEEP Annual Conference, Dr. Sankar Datta, Dean of the Livelihood School set up by BASIX India, discusses how the microfinance industry has recently focused only on finance, overlooking technical assistance and institutional services. Datta reminds practitioners that we are not here to tap the market at the bottom of the pyramid, but actually to help the poor augment their income by providing financial services which includes not only credit, but also savings, remittances, pensions, and insurance —  the whole bundle.