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Targeting in Protracted Crises: Nigeria case study
Case Study
This country case study focuses on Nigeria and the specific challenge of conflict, violence, and insecurity. Using four waves of General Household Survey data covering the period 2010 to 2019, we analyse trends in poverty, food insecurity, shocks, and coping strategies among different population groups, differentiated according to where they reside in the country and the degree to which those...
CVA Feasibility Assessment: Upper East and Upper West Regions, Ghana
Case Study
The worsening security situation in Burkina Faso has led to the influx of over 15,000 asylum seekers into the Upper East and Upper West regions of Ghana. This has placed significant pressure on the already limited resources of the host communities, particularly in the area hosting the settlements of Tarikom and Zini. Plan International Ghana conducted a feasibility assessment of a Cash and...
How is CVA operationalized at Humanitarian Service Points (HSP)?
Guidelines and Tools
The Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement’s Humanitarian Service Points (HSPs) are designed to create a safe and welcoming space for migrants to receive services at key points on migration routes. As part of their toolkit on HSP, there is a module on cash and voucher assistance. The module contains the key things programme designers, staff, and volunteers should think about, including...
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Nigeria Cash Working Group (CWG) State Humanitarian Social Protection Forum Draft Terms of Reference (ToR)
Report
The frequency, nature and complexity of humanitarian crisis is changing. At the same time there is greater recognition of the link between pre existing vulnerabilities and people’s ability to cope and recover from the impacts of the crisis. These form some of the key factors that are influencing the...
Compte-rendu du Cash Working Group du Niger du 04 décembre 2019
Report
Risks learning event recommendations – Dakar
Report
Risks learning event recommendations – Douala
Report
CVA and Risks in West and Central Africa: Putting beneficiary protection and responsible data management at the heart of our work
Event
Assistência em Dinheiro e Cupões que Funciona para as Mulheres: 6 lições do terreno
Report
A Assistência em Dinheiro e Cupões (CVA) é actualmente uma ferramenta comum na acção humanitária que é utilizada para fazer face, com maior dignidade, às diversas necessidades de pessoas refugiadas por motivo de crises e conflitos. Embora existam cada vez mais evidências do efeito da CVA no...
Linking Social Protection and Humanitarian Response – Best Practice
Report
This review looks at the alignment of humanitarian response in refugee crises with national social protection systems. It examines the experience of three countries dealing with protracted refugee situations: Turkey, Lebanon and Cameroon, and also identifies lessons from other literature. The number of...
Mitigating Risks of Abuse of Power in Cash Assistance – 4 pages
Report
UNHCR and WFP are implementing a joint project to identify and mitigate risks of abuse by private sector service providers in their delivery of cash assistance to vulnerable populations. The project involves work with financial service providers, traders and other private sector stakeholders, as well as...
Nigeria Capacity Gap Analysis
Case Study
Between 2009 and 2019, the Boko Haram insurgency has affected around 13.4 million people in North East of Nigeria. Out the total affected, around 7.1 million are in need of humanitarian assistance while 6.2 million are targeted for humanitarian assistance. To date, 1.8 million people are reported...
Cash Transfer Programmes in High Inflation Contexts
Report
The use of Cash Transfers (CTs) in developing regions arose as the understanding grew that some other types of aid programmes were not effectively attaining their goals. For instance, emergency food aid was responding to famines, but it was unable to add to food stability. Over time, the persistently poor...
The humanitarian currency enabling children’s future – Inter-agency cash roundtable
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This summary report highlights key presentation insights, and recommendations from the CALP Network & World Vision co-hosted inter-agency Cash Roundtable, focusing on how CVA can be an enabler to promote child protection and child wellbeing, based on most recent research, case studies from across the...
Compte-rendu du Cash Working Group du Niger du 31 juillet 2019
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Highlights from Bioforce Institute Graduation Event in Dakar
Event
On Thursday 13th June 2019 the CALP Network was part of a graduation event hosted by the Bioforce Institute, one of our training partner organisations. This event celebrated the graduation of all the Bioforce students that followed the CALP Network’s CVA fundamentals course, which was delivered by our...
Compte-rendu du Cash Working Group du Niger du 26 juin 2019
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Compte-rendu du Cash Working Group du Niger du 06 mars 2019
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Compte-rendu du Cash Working Group de Maroua du 25 janvier 2019
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Mitigating Risks of Abuse of Power in Cash Assistance in Cameroon
Report
This document outlines lessons learned from a joint UNHCR/WFP project in Cameroon with the aim to, with Financial Service Providers (FSPs), identify and mitigate the risks of abuse of power in cash assistance, including through mobile money, e-vouchers and cash in hand.
Mitigating Risks of Abuse of Power in Cash Assistance – Workshop Nairobi, Kenya
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UNHCR and WFP are implementing a joint project to identify and mitigate risks of abuse of power by private sector service providers in the delivery
of cash assistance to vulnerable populations. The workshop, held in Nairobi on 10-11 December 2018, followed visits to the first two pilot countries,...
Mitigating Risks of Abuse of Power in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Case Study
This document outlines lessons learned from a joint UNHCR/WFP project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with the aim to, with Financial Service Providers (FSPs), identify and mitigate the risks of abuse of power in cash assistance, including through cash in hand, pre-paid cards and mobile money.
Nigeria Cash Working Group (CWG) Humanitarian Social Protection Task Team Meeting
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Minutes of the Humanitarian Social Protection Task Team Meeting for the Nigeria Cash Working Group, 28th November 2018