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Evaluation of CALP’s work : a focus on the West and Central Africa experience (2018 – 2021)
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This report provides the results of an evaluation carried out by Key Aid Consulting between September and October 2021, assessing CALP’s work in the West and Central Africa (WCAF) region between August 2018 and September 2021. This evaluation assessed how CALP contributed to building an enabling...
Linking MPCA to longer-term solutions in Iraq: Strategic and operational revision workshop
Report
The CWG in Iraq organized a 2-day workshop to discuss strategic and operational components and revise the MPCA approach, in line with the transitional context to durable solutions. This is a report with the summary and key decisions taken during the workshop and it can serve as a case study on linking...
Adaptation of Operational Activities to Humanitarian Crises – COVID-19 pandemic
Report
Turkish Red Crescent’s (TRC) Kızılaykart Cash Based Assistance Programmes Coordinatorship continues to work relentlessly with the aim to develop shock-responsiveness and continue to alleviate human suffering caused by conflicts, involuntary migration and socioeconomic challenges in the face of the...
We asked, you answered: results from the CALP Network’s annual survey 2021
Report
The CALP Network conducts an annual survey to gather feedback and understand more about how people use and interact with the wide array of forums, events, information, resources and training courses that are available through CALP. We are pleased to share the results from 252 people who responded and let...
Cash and Livelihoods in Contexts of Conflict and Fragility: Implications for social assistance programming
Report
This paper examines the role of cash-plus programming (including graduation) for livelihoods, income, protection, and health outcomes in contexts of different conflict intensity. We assess the origins of cash-plus programming (including graduation) for livelihoods outcomes as it has developed in settings...
The use of cash assistance in the Covid-19 humanitarian response: accelerating trends and missed opportunities
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When COVID struck, governments and humanitarians turned to cash assistance to help people. To what extent was CVA used, and how did it impact on ways of working? See CALP’s analysis published in ODI's Disasters Journal, with inputs drawn from across the CALP Network.
Paving Pathways to Self-Reliance in Iraq: Exploring Referral Pathways from Cash to Livelihoods Assistance to increase program participants’ resilience in conflict-affected areas of Iraq
Report
This piece of research was commissioned to explore and identify best practices for referral pathways from MPCA to livelihoods assistance for programme participants, and subsequently to generate recommendations for programme implementers and donors. The research focused on the operational models used by...
Cash Barometer: The Participation Gap Persists in Somalia
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This bulletin presents an overview of the findings from Ground Truth Solutions’ survey of internally displaced persons (IDPs), non-IDPs, returnees, refugees, and host community members in Somalia, who have received cash and voucher assistance (CVA) in the last six months.
The survey was carried out in...
Building Cash Products Through Human Centered Design
Report
The complexity of disaster response projects makes it hard for developers to understand how to develop effective digital tools that meet the needs of the users. Human Centered Design is a design and management framework that develops solutions to problems by involving the human perspective in all steps of...
Shock-Responsive Social Protection in the Caribbean Handbook
Guidelines and Tools
This handbook provides theoretical background and practical guidance for using social protection programmes and systems to respond to shocks in the Caribbean, including related to cash transfers. It is informed by eight case studies, a regional review of experiences and government-to-government learning...
Feasibility Study on Cash and Voucher Assistance in Amhara and Gambella regions of Ethiopia
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The feasibility study was conducted in the regions of Amhara and Gambella evaluating the different enabling parameters (preconditions) as to understand the suitability of CVA in relation to protection, education, MHM and livelihood outcomes. Objective of the study To assess the feasibility of the use of...
Case Study: Cash Response Team
Report
This case study explains well the role of a CashCap Response Team member. They are readily available to quickly scale up support for cash and voucher assistance where needed. This is especially crucial for a response to a rapid-onset disaster, or if there is a critical capacity gap supporting a Cash...
East and Southern Africa Regional Cash Working Group Leads and Co-Leads Workshop Report
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Cash Working Group Leads and Co-Leads from different countries in East and Southern Africa came together to exchange learning, share experiences and discuss global and regional trends in cash and voucher assistance. The topics covered which are available in this report were; Minimum Expenditure Baskets...
The Receipt
Report
Save the Children Australia: Pacific Cash Preparedness and Response Program Newsletter
The Future of Financial Assistance
Report
In the future will millions of people in crisis receive more effective, more user-centred financial assistance? What role will humanitarian Cash and Voucher Assistance play in the broader financial landscape? The Future of Financial Assistance report, published in 2019, presented an innovative foresight...
Grand Bargain Gender and Cash Sub-Workstream – Closing document
Guidelines and Tools
The sub-workstream of gender and cash, composed of NGOs, UN agencies, donors and research institutions, met over the span of three years as peers to collaborate on encouraging and equipping the humanitarian sector to embrace and increase capacities in integrating gender equality and women’s empowerment,...
Checklist CVA and Environment
Guidelines and Tools
This checklist was developed within the Project “Environmental Considerations in Cash Transfer Programs” that UNHCR Colombia developed with the financial support of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and in collaboration with the Colombian Cash Transfer Group (GTM). It is proposed to apply...
CashCap case study: Regional deployment to Latin America
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This case study highlights the importance of having independent, operational and technical cash and voucher support at the regional level, as in the past years the humanitarian action has evolved to respond to the spread of crises across multiple countries. It gives a hint on how Jimena helped to build a...
CashCap case study: Country mission to South Sudan
Report
This case study walks us through a context where initial the humanitarian actors didn’t engage or trust the CWG’s achievements. Where a key challenge was balancing the power dynamics and ensuring the voices of national NGOs in particular got heard at the table dominated by bigger players. Until...
Next Level Integration with Financial Service Providers in Kenya and The Netherlands
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When collaborating with Financial Service Providers (FSP) it might be challenging to oversee the process, especially when having to scale up. By using software-based integrations, often with the use of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), NGOs can now provide Cash-Based Aid more efficiently and at...