Our Documents

From Poverty to Prosperity: This fact sheet gives an overview of SEAF's Development Impact, how we measure it, and who we reach.

Small Enterprise Assistance Funds: This fact sheet gives a brief overview of SEAF, our history, and our mission.

Beyond Investment - Supporting Small Businesses: This fact sheet provides an overview of the post-investment technical assistance we provide our portfolio companies, enabling them to succeed in challenging environments.

SMEs have long been recognized as engines of growth, mainly for their ability to create jobs.  Yet, based on SEAF’s more than two decades of investment in SMEs in frontier markets and more than ten years of analysis on the impact growing SMEs have on their economies, we believe that their importance is not sufficiently understood.  This report describes the channels through which SMEs achieve impact and seeks to demonstrate that SMEs in frontier markets provide a rich source for accelerating economic growth and, in the context of the recent global financial crisis, economic recovery.

SEAF's experience investing in Central and Eastern Europe since the fall of the Berlin Wall

FAO's report explores agricultural investment funds as a vehicle for financing agricultural projects in developing and transition countries. The report features SEAF's global track record and our Georgia Regional Development Fund.

Within the community whose work it is to promote economic growth in developing countries, the role of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) remains a topic of debate. This debate has been badly served by faulty definitions. As career practitioners in SME finance, we review in this paper how SMEs are defined for developing countries, how such definitions are used, and why this matters.

Understanding the Impact of Investing In Small and Medium Enterprises: Data Survey and Case Study Analysis of SEAF Investments

Lessons Learned from SEAF Investments

Volume I: Main Report

Lessons Learned from SEAF Investments

Volume II: Case Studies