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Dr. Bajwa explains that it is time to start building linkages between new players and existing microfinance networks.

During the 2011 SEEP Annual Conference, Lisa Kuhn Fraioli of Freedom from Hunger explains how organizations are looking at microenterprise development and microfinance as tools to help clients.

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.

Ning Tang of CreditEase provides key takeaways from his presentation at After Hours Seminar #57, "Overview of Microfinance Markets and Investment Opportunities in Russia and China"

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

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

Maria Stephens, Senior Technical Advisor at USAID, introduces the new Mobile Financial Services Seminar Series from the USAID Microenterprise Development office.

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.

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.

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.

Key takeaways from Milford Bateman

Christian Pennotti of CARE provides key takeaways from his presentation during Breakfast Seminar #64.

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.

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.

In this video, Maria Stephens of USAID introduces the Emerging Payment Systems Seminar Series.

Benjamin Herzberg and William Kedrock report about their session, "Creating an Enabling Environment," from the February 7-8, 2012 USAID Learning Event, "Meeting the Challenges of Value Chain Development."

To say the debate between Milford Bateman and David Roodman was contentious would be an understatement. Those of us from the Center for Financial Inclusion who attended the debate have been all a-buzz ever since.

David Roodman, of the Center for Global Development, reacts to the recent debate "Moving Financial Inclusion Beyond Microfinance."

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.

Chuck Waterfield, founder of MFTransparency, reflects on the recent 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.

During USAID’s Microlinks After Hours Seminar, Geoffrey Chalmers from ACDI/VOCA and Jason Agar from Kadale Consultants Limited discussed various challenges financial services in the rural and agricultural sectors as well as innovations.

In this video, Geoffrey Chalmers discusses an integrated framework to understand rural and agricultural finance from the value chain, household, and non-farm enterprise perspectives.

In this video, the two presenters discuss multi-disciplinary and proven economic strengthening interventions that address livelihood, social capital, and social inclusion challenges for the ultra-poor.