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CVA Practices with Afro-descendant and Indigenous Communities in the Americas
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BACKGROUND There are two ethnic groups of great importance in the Americas: Afro-descendant and indigenous communities. Currently, there is no comprehensive compilation of the experiences of humanitarian actors working with these communities with CVA. Thus, recognizing the importance of addressing...
Anticipatory Cash and Voucher Assistance: Lessons and recommendations from the Asia-Pacific region
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PROJECT BACKGROUND
Asia and the Pacific remain the most disaster-prone region in the world. The Asia-Pacific region is home to an estimated 70 percent of those affected by natural hazards. The region's meteorological, climatological, and hydrological disasters, such as heatwaves, droughts, floods, and...
Human Mobility, Locally Led Response and CVA: Case studies in Ecuador and Peru
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Context and justification The studies carried out by CALP, People are on the move: Can the world of CVA keep up? Analysis of cash transfer programs in human mobility contexts in the Americas (2022) and on the Feasibility of a route-based approach for cash and voucher assistance in the Americas (2023),...
The State of Humanitarian Cash and Voucher Assistance in the Americas 2018-2023
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Overview CALP seeks to review the state of humanitarian CVA in the Americas from 2018-2023. The review process will include an interactive online event where CALP’s network can contribute to the final report, particularly looking at the way forward in the humanitarian community. OBJECTIVE The main...
Comparing effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of cash plus interventions in preventing acute malnutrition in Somalia
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Save the Children and Johns Hopkins University (JHU) are researching what combinations and durations of assistance are most effective and cost-effective to prevent severe and moderate acute malnutrition. To increase access to food and prevent wasting, Save the Children, funded by USAID’s Bureau for...
Payments in hard-to-reach places: Recommendations, tools and leverages for implementing organisations
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The Sahel region is increasingly affected by conflict, climate shocks, chronic vulnerabilities and endemic poverty that are putting millions at risk. An increasing number of the vulnerable people in the Sahel live in hard-to-reach areas, away from infrastructure such as roads or phone signal, in insecure...
Providing Entrepreneurship Training and Cash Business Grants to Venezuelan Migrants in Peru
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More than 20,000 individuals across households who receive SC’s emergency cash support will be offered entrepreneurship training and grants. SC will randomly assign 2,700 individuals amongst those who expressed an interest to receive business trainings. Upon completion of these trainings, SC will invite...
DigCBA: Responsible Use of Digital Cash-based Assistance in Refugee Crises
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DigCBA aims to support the selection and the use of the most feasible and suitable digital technology for delivering CBA in the refugee crisis. The DigCBA’s objective is to develop a set of evidence-based frameworks to assess the contextual characteristics, evaluate the readiness of actors, and...