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 SLWG is the recognized home for collaborative learning and action among practitioners. The working group maintains the most exhaustive resource library on Savings Groups, develops demand-driven knowledge products, and organizes high-impact learning events.
Savings Evidence Map
The Savings Evidence Map Synthesis Report, published by Itad earlier this year, summarizes the existing evidence related to savings-based financial inclusion initiatives. In collaboration with SEEP, Itad is currently developing a digital version of the evidence map – enabling stakeholders to more effectively navigate the body of evidence and access resources – which will be maintained on the Mango Tree.
State of Practice: Savings Groups and the Role of Government
The report catalogs 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 identified64 government initiatives related to Savings Groups, across 17 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/registration.
Evidence and Learning Grant: The Long-Term Outcomes of Savings Groups
SEEP is delighted to announce that the evidence and learning grant on the long-term outcomes of Savings Groups has been awarded to Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA). IPA will examine the post-project financial performance, institutional performance, evolution and institutional relationships of Savings Groups in targeted areas of Ghana, Malawi and Tanzania.
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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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