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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.

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

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.

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.

Read Twitter highlights from the 2011 SEEP Annual Conference below.

Guest blogger Brenda Schuster (Youth and HIV Technical Advisor for Catholic Relief Services) reports back on the Making Cents Global Youth Economic Opportunities Conference’s final morning plenary session, “Youth Economic Opportunity in the MENA Region.” This session included Brandee McHale, COO of Citi Foundation, Svava Bjarnason, IFC Senior Education Specialist, Jamie McAuliffe, President and CEO of the Education for Employment Foundation, and Awais Sufi, Vice President for Work Programs at the International Youth Foundation.

On May 17, 2011, The U.S. Department of State, The United States Agency for International Development, United States Trade and Development Agency, and Migration Policy Institute convened to launch the International diaspora Engagement Alliance (IdEA) at the Secretary's Global Diaspora Forum.

Tweet Roundup from Breakast Seminar #58

Social marketing applies promotional strategies to focus on targeted audiences with the goal of changing specific behaviors.

Despite the weather challenges and a day’s postponement, Margie Brand and Ben Fowler presented a very engaging Breakfast Seminar #55 on Friday, January 28. The topic, “Using Value Chains to Move Vulnerable Households Up the Economic Ladder,” only scratches the surface of what the speakers covered during the seminar.

A screenshot of the CGD Commitment to Development Initiative website

This blog post by Aude de Montesquiou was originally posted on the CGAP Microfinance Blog. Aude, along with William Abrams of Trickle Up, will be presenting at the USAID After Hours Seminar on December 8, 2010.

Last night, the panel of speakers at USAID’s Microfinance Learning and Innovations After Hours Seminar #46 offered three important perspectives on financial inclusion.

The SEEP Network co-host the Social Enterprise Case Profile Competition with Beyond Profit this fall, collecting stories of international social enterprises about growth, scale, and transition to highlight organizational successes and challenges.

Harshika Errangani will be guest blogging during the SEEP 2010 Annual Conference.

Relative to men, women are pursuing lower opportunity activities, with their enterprises more likely to be smaller, informal, and in low value-added lines of business.