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Minutes and recording from the WCAF regional CWG – 9 December 2020
Meeting minutes
Evidence building for cash and markets for WASH in emergencies
Webinar recording
This webinar was co-hosted by the Global WASH Cluster, Pro-WASH and the CALP Network in December 2020. The webinar presented findings from a systematic review (“Evidence building for cash and markets for WASH in emergencies”) conducted by the Global WASH Cluster (GWC), which examined how WASH actors...
Cash Assistance: How design influences value for money – How to note
Guidelines and Tools
This ‘how to note’ offers guidance on the key value-for-money considerations when making critical design decisions related to the operational models for CVA delivery. The guidance in this ‘how to note’ is summarised from the evidence presented in the accompanying research report Cash assistance:...
State of the Worlds Cash 2020 : Quality Cash and Voucher Assistance – by Whose Standards?
Webinar recording
Watch the webinar recording: State of the Worlds Cash 2020 : Quality Cash and Voucher Assistance – by Whose Standards? Following the global launch of the State of the World Cash 2020 report (SOWC2020), the CALP Network organised a webinar for practitioners with an interest in CVA in East Africa. The...
CVA TC Harold Response
Report
ADRA Fiji mobilized a team to monitor the efficiency and impact of cash assistance distributed by the organization in partnership with the I-Taukei Affairs Board (TAB) and their respective local partners in the island to respond to TC Harold. At the height of the intervention the agency distributed F$...
Millennial Cities
Guidelines and Tools
View the resource here: https://millennialcities.com/interactive-data-tools/ Millennial Cities is an interactive web mapping site that provides access to important maps, data, and web mapping applications related to climate change, social justice, the environment, and more. The purpose of including these...
Cash Barometer Nigeria
Case Study
After more than a decade of conflict and violent insurgency by the non-state armed group Boko Haram, some 7.9 million people in Nigeria’s Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states (collectively known as the BAY states) were expected to be in need of humanitarian assistance in 2020. Since the onset of Covid-19,...
Cash assistance: how design influence VfM?
Blog Post
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In a context where the needs are increasing and funding is likely to drop, how do we make sure that every penny is bringing value to the users?
This short video presents the main findings of the Key Aid report on the question of how specific design decisions related to cash assistance...
Cash assistance: how design influence VfM?
Video
Watch the video here
In a context where the needs are increasing and funding is likely to drop, how do we make sure that every penny is bringing value to the users?
This short video presents the main findings of the Key Aid report on the question of how specific design decisions related to cash...
Transferring power to local CVA actors : Rhetoric vs Reality
Blog Post
One of the major changes we’ve seen between the publication of the first State of the World’s Cash report in 2018 and this year’s report is an increased focus on the importance of localisation. If taken seriously, localisation could shake the foundations of the humanitarian system and radically...
EMMA: Relying on Markets for the Beirut Blast Shelter Response – Emergency Market Mapping and Analysis of Selected Construction Material Markets in Lebanon
Report
The EMMA focused specifically on those markets that are critical for supporting the reconstruction materials needs of Beirut Port Blast-affected people:
• cement and hollow blocks
• flat glass, transparent 6mm
• medium-density fibreboard (MDF) 8mm
• aluminium window frames
The report concludes...
When recipients of aid are in the driving seat – everything changes for the better – here’s why….
Blog Post
Imagine living under a government with largely benevolent intentions which believes itself to be a democracy and wants to do better. However, at the same time they fail to institute effective mechanisms for citizen participation in decision-making and have a habit of making selective use of the data...
How Effective are Cash Transfers in Mitigating Shocks for Vulnerable Children? Evidence on the impact of the Lesotho Child Grant Programme on multiple deprivations
Case Study
Shocks can pressure families into negative coping strategies with significant drawbacks for children’s lives and development, particularly for children living in disadvantaged households who are at greater risk of falling into a poverty trap. This paper investigates if unconditional cash transfers can...
Gender Equality and Cash and Voucher Assistance: Tools and guidance
Guidelines and Tools
With the continuous uptake and scaling of cash and voucher assistance (CVA), it is more critical than ever that humanitarian and development actors shift their focus away from measuring gender mainstreaming and gender equality efforts by metrics (e.g. targeting at least 50% women), towards strategically...
Gender Based Violence and Cash and Voucher Assistance: Tools and guidance
Guidelines and Tools
There is increasing momentum among Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) actors in the humanitarian sector to consider linkages between GBV and CVA in all CVA projects at all stages of the project cycle.
Integrating gender and CVA was set as a priority action under the Grand...
Is cash transforming the humanitarian system or is the system limiting how cash is used?
Blog Post
At the State of World’s Cash 2020 launch event, Sorcha O’Callaghan, Director of Humanitarian Policy Group at ODI warned that, “Cash offers a huge transformative potential, but as far as the system is privileging the interest of the agencies over people in crisis, we won’t be able to see...
As Cash and Voucher Assistance scales up, can quality keep pace? Four systemic changes needed.
Blog Post
A decade ago, the use of cash and voucher assistance (CVA) was a fringe activity limited to small, scattered projects. Five years ago, CVA was still viewed with scepticism by many and comprised less than eight percent of international humanitarian assistance (IHA). Today, while critics remain, cash is...
SPACE Guidance for Framing Case Studies on Social Protection Responses to COVID-19
Guidelines and Tools
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the important role of social protection approaches in response to large covariate shocks. There is a lot to be learned from countries’ collective experience, including documenting what has happened to date and what this implies for the future. Even before more...
SPACE Linking Humanitarian & Social Protection Information Systems in the COVID-19 Response And Beyond
Guidelines and Tools
This note provides a background briefing and five key questions for humanitarian programme staff to consider when making decisions regarding the use of their Information Systems in COVID-19 responses, and beyond. It focuses in particular on contexts of transition from humanitarian to longer-term,...
Desk-based Review on Cash and Voucher Assistance in Education in Emergencies
Report
In 2018, the Global Education Cluster documented practices in CVA for education in emergencies (EiE). Within this framework, this Desk Review is the first part of a larger study finalized with the publication in February 2019 of the CVA for EiE Synthesis and Guidelines. The Desk Review provides the reader...