Established in 2007, SEEP’s Savings-Led Working Group (SLWG) has been at the frontier of the Savings Group movement for over a decade, building awareness of Savings Groups, establishing common definitions, and facilitating broad-based industry coordination and learning. The working group also maintains the most exhaustive resource library on Savings Groups, develops demand-driven knowledge products, and organizes high-impact learning events.
State of Practice: Savings Groups and the Role of Government in Sub-Saharan Africa (December 2018)
The report catalogues and describes the interventions of national governments in Sub-Saharan Africa related to Savings Groups. Through a desk review, key informant interviews, a call for contributions and various sessions at SG2018, SEEP has identified 74 government initiatives related to Savings Groups, across 20 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. These initiatives are wide ranging and relate to national economic and gender strategies, quality standards, stakeholder coordination, social protection programs and regulation.
Savings Groups and Women’s Empowerment (2018-2019)
Through a one-year evidence and learning grant, Nathan Associates, in partnership with CARE International, is developing a learning brief on good practices in the design and monitoring of Savings Group programs for women’s empowerment outcomes. In addition, through the learning partnership, Nathan and its partners are developing a monitoring tool for the measurement of women’s empowerment outcomes through Savings Groups. Following an extensive desk review and primary research in East Africa from June to August, national stakeholder meetings were hosted in Tanzania (August 27) and Ethiopia (September 7) to validate preliminary findings and the conceptualization of a common approach for the measurement of women’s empowerment in Savings Groups.
Case Study Series on Savings Groups and Consumer Protection (December 2018 - March 2019)
Following the recent risk assessment of Savings Groups, the SEEP Network is conducting a case study series on Savings Groups and consumer protection. The series will provide a detailed account of various approaches to ensure that members and groups have the capacity to protect themselves, development and market actors act responsibly, and regulation, if required, is effective.
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Ashley Wheaton, Co-Facilitator, Savings-Led Working Group
As co-facilitator of the Savings-Led Working Group, Ashley leads the planning and implementation of the working group’s activities on two key thematic areas: consumer protection and gender. Ashley has over ten years of experience developing and managing a broad range of international development programs ranging from alternative urban sanitation to microfranchising.
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Eloisa Devietti, Senior Program Officer, World Education
Eloisa is co-facilitator of SEEP's Savings-led Working Group (SLWG), and is responsible for identifying and facilitating knowledge-sharing initiatives that enhance the visibility of savings-led methodologies and contribute to innovation. She has led the development of industry learning products such as the Program Quality Guidelines and the Savings Groups Technology Toolkit.
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