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The Impact of Economic Resource Transfers to Women versus Men: A Systematic Review
Report
This systematic review examined the question: “what is the evidence of the impact on family well-being of giving economic resources to women relative to the impact of giving them to men?” This review is of interest to policy-makers and funders in developed and developing countries, given the recent...
Transparency International Kenya: Food Assistance Integrity Study
Report
The Food Assistance Integrity Study highlights various food approaches in Kenya with the aim of enhancing integrity, accountability, efficiency and cost effectiveness in the implementation of food assistance programs. The study uncovered evidence of critical flaws in the food assistance chain and...
Cash transfer programming in urban emergencies: a toolkit for practitioners
Guidelines and Tools
In recognition of the increasing urban populations around the world and their increasing vulnerability to disasters, the the CALP Network endeavored to investigate the current status and impact of urban emergency response programs that utilise cash transfer programming. This study aims to better...
What Cash Transfer Programming can do to Protect Children from Violence, Abuse and Exploitation – Review and recommendations
Report
This discussion paper examines the links between cash transfers and the positive and negative outcomes for children, in particular the role cash transfers have played in protecting children from harm, exploitation, abuse and violence. The objective of this paper is to identify ways in which cash transfer...
Cash Transfer Programming in Urban Emergencies: Tools (Annex 2)
Guidelines and Tools
This file contains the following tools referenced as Annex 2 of the the CALP Network Urban Toolkit:
1. Sample Focus Group Discussion Questionnaire to Establish Urban-Specific Vulnerability Criteria
2. Sample Urban Household Survey
3. Template in PowerPoint of Commodity Market Map
4. Template in PowerPoint...
Haiti – Unconditional Cash Transfers: Lessons Learnt
Report
The challenges of responding to the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti were huge and varied, prompting agencies to think and act creatively. Christian Aid’s partners were at the forefront of the humanitarian response, distributing cash to people affected by the disaster two weeks after the earthquake...
FAO Policy on Cash-Based Transfers
Report
This document articulates FAO’s roles with respect to supporting and implementing CTs linked to agriculture and food security in line with the Organization’s mandate and comparative advantages. It is based on FAO’s experience and expertise in supporting CT programming and details various CT...
Maximizing the Value of "Cash for Work": Lessons from a Niger land recuperation project
Report
The good practices in this publication were distilled from a Real Time Evaluation (RTE) of an emergency project in Niger, implemented by Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and financed by OFDA that is using cash for work and seed fairs to address food insecurity in the departments of Ouallam and...
Vouchers for Flood Relief in Cotobato City and Sultan Kudarat, ARMM (Mindanao), the Philippines
Case Study
In response to a rapid-onset emergency, Action Against Hunger / ACF International, with funding from AECID, implemented a cash transfer program in Cotobato City, situated in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao in the Philippines. The project established a cash voucher program through local...
Household-Based Cash Transfer Targeting Strategies in Zimbabwe: Are we reaching the most vulnerable children?
Report
Census data, collected in July 2009, from 27,672 children were used to compare the effectiveness, coverage and efficacy of three household-based methods for targeting cash transfers to vulnerable children in eastern Zimbabwe: targeting the poorest households using a wealth index; targeting HIV affected...
Standards and Practices Report for Electronic and Mobile Payments
Report
The benefits of new electronic and mobile payment methods in support of USAID objectives to better serve the unbanked have been well-documented in other literature, 2 and that case will not be reiterated in this report. A practical strategy for evaluating an individual program or Mission environment for...
Cash For Work Guidelines
Report
A number of tools exist to assist to review accountability to affected populations (AAP) in a programme. Based on the Inter-Agency Standing Committee draft Operational Framework and the Commitments on Accountability to Affected Populations analysis and assessment tools, below are some very preliminary...
Guidelines: How to use Hawala in Somalia
Guidelines and Tools
Money transfer companies, also known as hawala, are an increasingly popular partner chosen by humanitarian agencies to distribute cash in Somalia. This brief will explain what hawala are, how they operate, and provide some brief guidelines on how agencies can partner with them to deliver cash transfers in...
Cash Transfers in Nairobi’s Slums
Report
In Kenya, a combination of factors led to the food crisis of 2008–9, which put around 9.5 million people at risk of starvation. About 4.1 million of those affected were living in informal settlements (slums) in the capital, Nairobi. Oxfam and Concern Worldwide developed a joint programme to address...
Operational Research: 2011 cash transfer in Samburu & Marsabit
Case Study
In late 2011, cash transfer interventions were undertaken in the Samburu and Marsabit branches of Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) as part of their drought response. The intervention was designed to provide meaningful assistance to beneficiaries. It was also an opportunity for KRCS to learn more about cash...
Cash and Shelter: A Workshop on Using Cash Transfer Programming for Emergency and Early Recovery Shelter
Presentation
A power point presentation to provide guidance to programme managers, programme implementers and programme support staff when selecting cash as a potential response tool in emergency shelter programmes.
Afghanistan: Hawala cash transfers for food assistance and livelihood protection
Case Study
In response to repeated flooding, ACF implemented a cash-based intervention in the Samangan and Day Kundi Provinces of Afghanistan. The project applied cash for work activities as well as unconditional cash transfers and made use of the local Hawala system to securely transfer money to beneficiaries. The...
Food Security and Livelihoods Interventions for Older People in Emergencies
Guidelines and Tools
The core theme of this document is the inclusion and empowerment of older people and other vulnerable groups through consultation and consideration during the design and implementation of food security and livelihoods programmes. This document aims to provide general guidance on implementing food...
Text of the Recommendation Concerning National Floors of Social Protection
Report
Further to the International Labour conference 101st session, the International Labour Organization adopted a new international work. Recommendation concerning the implementation of quick national social protection floors and the progressive extension of social safety for all. Social protection floors are...
Final Evaluation Report of the Wet Feeding and Cash Transfer Project in Southern Somalia
Report
This evaluation report details the achievements of the ECHO funded Wet Feeding and Resource Transfer project implemented by Danish Refugee Council in Mogadishu and ended on March 30th. This synopsis precedes the details of the project and the evaluation as contained in the report. The wet feeding...