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The most useful tools, reports, guidance and research related to cash and voucher assistance in humanitarian response. As well as the CALP's own publications, we link to other useful resources. You can submit your own resource for publication on the CALP Network library here.

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Emergency Food Security and Livelihoods (EFSL) 48-hour Assessment Tool

Guidelines and Tools

The purpose of the 48-hour assessment tool is to obtain a quick understanding of the emergency food security and livelihood (EFSL) situation within the first few days after a rapid-onset disaster. Initially developed by Oxfam, this tool aims to support response teams to meet requirements in emergencies in...

2012

An Emergency Market Mapping and Analysis study Changing Responses to the Haiti Earthquake

Report

Good practice standards guidelines and evaluations all emphasise the importance of including markets in emergency situation and response analysis. While this approach has become more widely accepted by international organisations in recent years, in practice it is clear that support is still needed to...

2012

Examining Differences in the Effectiveness and Impacts of Vouchers and Unconditional Cash Transfers

Report

The objective of this study is to examine the differences in the effectiveness and impacts of vouchers versus unconditional cash transfers in the Bushani camp of the Masisi territory of the Democratic Republic of Congo. As part of this research, the study team collected household data from over...

2012

Comparative Review of Market Assessments Methods, Tools, Approaches and Findings – SWOT Analysis

Guidelines and Tools

This document makes a comparative review of  different market assessments methods,tools, approaches and findings. A swot analysis of the Emergency Market Mapping Analysis (EMMA), Market Information and Food Insecurity Response Analysis (MIFIRA) and World Food Programme Trader Survey (WFP TS) is...

2012

An Emergency Market Mapping and Analysis Study Liberia’s Slow Onset Crisis

Report

In 2010, contested elections in neighbouring Côte d’Ivoire, and the violence that ensued, forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes. As of 7th of July 2011, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) had counted a total of 153,000 refugees crossing the border into Liberia....

2012

Emergency Food Security and Livelihoods (EFSL) 48-hour training materials to print

Guidelines and Tools

Developed by Oxfam and supporting ECB agencies, the EFSL training materials can be used to train participants to confidently apply the ‘48-hour assessment tool’ to assess the impact of a shock/hazard on an affected population’s food security and livelihoods. This resource includes all printing...

2012

An Emergency Market Mapping and Analysis study Market Support in South Sudan

Report

Abyei is a relatively small and disputed area of land on the border of North and South Sudan that has, in recent years, experienced much turmoil. Historically, both the governments of South and North Sudan have claimed Abyei and tensions that have existed since before the first Sudanese Civil War...

2012

Cash and Child Protection: How cash transfer programming can protect children from abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence

Guidelines and Tools

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 abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence. It aims to identify ways in which cash transfer activities could...

2012

Child Safeguarding in Cash Transfer Programming

Guidelines and Tools

While cash transfers have become a key intervention in emergencies, they also pose increased and additional risks for beneficiaries, compared with other forms of assistance. Children are particularly vulnerable, and even more so in emergencies. The impact of cash transfer programming on children’s...

2012

Annex 1: Multi-Sector Market Assessment (MSMA)

Report

The Multi-Sector Market Assessment (MSMA) Annex is designed to help practitioners examine whether an affected target population can fairly and equitably access the expected amount of goods and services in
order to meet the objectives of the Multipurpose Cash Grant (MPG) programme. The aim of the MSMA is...

2012

Pension Watch Briefing #8: Electronic payment for cash transfer programmes

Policy paper

There is growing interest in the use of electronic payment (e-payment) systems in cash transfer programmes. When cash is transferred to beneficiaries through e-payment technologies such as mobile phone accounts or smartcards, there is potential to cut costs and reduce corruption compared with physical...

2012

New Technologies in Cash Transfer Programming and Humanitarian Assistance

Report

This study was commissioned by the the CALP Network in 2011, to review the current use of new technology in humanitarian cash and voucher programming and the broader implications for humanitarian practice. The research was undertaken to explore (i) preconditions for the use of technological...

2012

New Technologies in Cash Transfer Programming and Humanitarian Assistance – Executive Summary

Report

This is the executive summary of the CALP Network’s research on new technologies in cash transfer programming and humanitarian assistance. For more, please see the full report.

2012

Sample Cash Transfer Contract

Report

Sample Cash Transfer Contract

13 December 2011

Setting the Cash Amount

Report

Setting the Cash Amount

14 November 2011