Savings-Led Working Group Newsletter

March 2020

We hope that each one of you and your loved ones are safe and healthy. As we cope with and adapt to life under the COVID-19 pandemic, find out how SEEP is supporting its members and partners.

Savings Groups in the Age of COVID-19

The global pandemic poses crucial health and economic risks for Savings Groups as markets falter, mobility is restricted, and community gathering is restrained. This guidance note helps organizations consider how best to support Savings Groups and their members during this crisis.

Let us know how your organization's Savings Group programming is responding to the health crisis. Share your experience, learning or questions on the SLWG Workplace.

Savings Evidence Map: New Resources

We are delighted to announce an update to the Savings Evidence Map, an initiative of Itad in partnership with SEEP, consolidating over 330 articles, studies, and tools relating to savings-focused financial inclusion. It enables users to find existing evidence, see how the evidence is clustered and identify existing gaps.

LEARN WITH SEEP: RESOURCE SPOTLIGHT

Savings Groups for Refugees: 10 Tips for Development and Humanitarian Actors

These tips respond to several challenges practitioners face when working with refugees and Savings Groups, including legal barriers to employment, theft and insecurity, group solidarity and more.

Digital Savings Groups

Digital Savings Groups introduce opportunities to expand the scale, user experience and impact of Savings Groups. This learning brief, based on a survey of 12 DSG solution providers, examines the design options and essential tradeoffs in solution development.

For more information on technologies for Savings Groups, and solution providers, explore the Savings Groups Technology Toolkit.