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Towards Shock-Responsive Social Protection: Lessons from the COVID-19 Response in Bangladesh – Estimates from the Microsimulation
Case Study
This report presents the methodology and results of a microsimulation based on a partial equilibrium modelling framework using nationally representative household-level data for Bangladesh. The findings include an estimate of the potential impact of COVID-19 on poverty in the country based on a model that...
Share, news, research, jobs and more with other cash specialists
Blog Post
If you need to reach out to an audience of cash and voucher assistance professionals, CALP can help. The CALP Network’s website is a great place to share your cash related blogs, jobs, events, research plans and publications. 1. Share your jobs (CALP members only) Advertise CVA-related...
CASH ON THE MOVE – Adapting Multi-Purpose Cash ‘Plus’ Assistance to support people on the move in Peru
Report
In 2019 and 2020, with the support of USAID´s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (formerly FFP and OFDA), Save the Children implemented
a multi-purpose cash ‘Plus’ program in response to the influx of Venezuelan migrants into Peru.
Households that were only transiting through the cities where they...
CCI COVID-19 Impacts on Prices and Markets in Iraq
Report
The COVID-19 crisis in Iraq has caused severe economic disruptions in Iraq that will affect vulnerable households the most. The Cash Consortium for Iraq (CCI) has two streams of ongoing data collection on prices and markets, monitoring the retailer and the consumer perspective across five governorates....
Pinning Down Moving Targets: Research Note Medium-term priorities for cash assistance in Lebanon
Report
Whilst most humanitarian responses across the globe have had to navigate the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic, in Lebanon the challenges related to COVID-19 emerged on top of an unprecedented protest movement, political instability, a rapid deterioration of the economy and the increasingly protracted...
ASP Gap Analysis Template
Guidelines and Tools
This tool was developed to support the development of a roadmap for Adaptive Social Protection(ASP)in Indonesia. The goal of the “GapAnalysis” is to help governments and partners understand how far the current situation, that is current efforts in the context of ASP, aligns or diverges from the...
Cash and Voucher Assistance Essentials for Education Cluster Information Managers
Report
This document answers your questions as a manager on CVA for the education cluster.
Considerations for Cash and Voucher Assistance in Education in Emergencies Needs Assessments
Guidelines and Tools
This document presents some of the main considerations to keep in mind pertaining to Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) when conducting Education in Emergencies (EiE) needs assessments. Section 1 introduces some key CVA concepts within the needs assessment process and Section 2 serves as a checklist for...
Cash and Voucher Assistance Essentials for WASH Cluster Information Managers
Guidelines and Tools
CVA refers to all programmes where cash transfers or vouchers for goods or services are directly provided to recipients. In the context of humanitarian assistance, the term refers to the provision of cash transfers or vouchers directly to individuals, household or community recipients; not to governments...
CVA for Health Outcomes – Position Paper
Policy paper
The RCRCM CVA for Health Outcomes Technical Working Group Position Paper on Cash for Health Outcomes explores how CVA (a form of demand side financing) can be used to support health outcomes, as a complement to supply side interventions, and highlight some of the key considerations.
Digital Currency Governance Consortium White Paper Series
Report
The Digital Currency Governance Consortium (DCGC) convenes more than 85 organizations from the public sector, private sector, civil society and academia to provide a global perspective towards addressing high priority policy and governance issues surrounding new forms of digital currency. DCGC has focused...
The Learning Brief: Cash assistance for mitigation of gender-based violence in Somalia
Report
In 2021, Somalia witnessed a catastrophic increase in the number of vulnerable women and girls exposed to Gender-Based Violence (GBV) risks. Natural disasters and armed conflicts resulted in multiple displacements, forced evictions, and the destruction of livelihoods, health facilities, GBV service sites...
Basic Needs and Food Security Sector COVID-19 Emergency Response Standards for Non-camp Refugee Response
Report
The Basic Needs Working Group (BNWG), made up of more than 30 humanitarian organizations and agencies, has put into action its model for emergency response which encourages coordination of assistance, shares best practices, and provides a collaborative response. The COVID Response Task Force kicked off on...
Tip sheet on integrating cash and markets in HNOs and HRPs
Guidelines and Tools
The humanitarian programme cycle (HPC) aims to achieve stronger efficiency, improved targeting, increased funding and provide greater accountability to affected people. Market Based Programming (MBP), including Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) is now recognized as an effective tool to achieve the same...
Global Education Cluster Strategy Package: Cash and voucher assistance checklist
Guidelines and Tools
This checklist provides guidance for considering cash and voucher programme delivery modalities throughout the Cluster Strategy document and development process on an equal footing with in-kind distributions. Cash and voucher assistance (CVA) is an intervention that targets households or individuals and...
“We are all vulnerable here”: Kenya’s pandemic cash transfer program riddled with irregularities
Report
This report is based on Human Rights Watch research in 11 of the 14 informal settlements in Nairobi county. Nairobi is among the 21 counties the Kenyan government selected, out of the country’s 47 counties, to implement cash transfers to cushion the most vulnerable households against the impact of the...
Cash and Voucher Assistance for Health Outcomes
Policy paper
The RCRCM CVA for Health Outcomes Technical Working Group Position Paper on Cash for Health Outcomes explores how CVA (a form of demand side financing) can be used to support health outcomes, as a complement to supply-side interventions, and highlight some of the key considerations.
Tip Sheet on Integrating Cash and Voucher Assistance in HNOs and HRPs
Guidelines and Tools
The use of Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) has increased considerably in the past years from 10.6 per cent of international humanitarian assistance in 2016 to 19 per cent in 2020. Today, CVA is widely recognized as a more flexible and dignified modality for providing humanitarian assistance and is...
The Unblocked Cash Experience in Vanuatu
Case Study
This report provides details of the Vanuatu Business Resilience Council’s (VBRC) role and approach to supporting the businesses in the Oxfam UnBlocked Cash humanitarian programme in 2020-2021 in Vanuatu. While this report documents the learnings using blockchain technology, by sharing the key details...
Cash and Voucher Assistance Guidelines for Lao PDR
Guidelines and Tools
Cash and voucher assistance is becoming increasingly popular in Lao PDR in delivering humanitarian assistance, rehabilitation and development focused projects. In supporting the cash and voucher assistance agenda in Lao PDR, the Cash Working Group was established as a working group for local and regional...