Peer and industry learning -- Habitat for Humanity Int'l 1
Peer and industry learning
Habitat for Humanity’s Center for Innovation in Shelter and Finance provides a global platform for Peer and Industry Learning among practitioners and funders by
- Providing opportunities for sharing successes and challenges.
- Organizing regular virtual and periodic face-to-face peer engagement opportunities.
- Engaging in a collaborative learning process to document and share findings.
- Identifying and replicating promising practices and innovations, which are then incorporated into industry tools to build practitioner capacity.
Publications
An example of Habitat’s collaboration with other shelter and finance practitioners: Sustainable Housing Microfinance in Sub-Saharan Africa.
HFHI’s inclusion in a USAID MicroLinks group of case studies on housing microfinance: Habitat for Humanity Vietnam Partnering with MFIs to Improve Housing for the Poor.
An internal evaluation by consultant Jan Maes on HFH Nepal’s work with village savings groups: Building on a Foundation of Savings.
HFHI’s collaboration in the launch of the CGAP Working Group on Housing Finance for the Poor included this “Framing the Debate” series:
• Using Guarantees
• Leveraging the Private Sector
• Slum Upgrading and Housing Finance
• Remittances
• Subsidies