Implementing CVA in Inflation Environments, Including Tackling Liquidity Challenges: Actions and Learning Outcomes

The economical context in Afghanistan is financially unstable, however, the functionality of markets at a local level is relatively stable.

Despite the challenges, the use of Cash & Voucher Assistance (CVA) has scaled up during the last 3 months.

The Afghanistan Cash and Voucher Working Group (CVWG) is playing a key role, driving coordination efforts focused on the harmonization of transfer values and transfer frequencies, FSP mapping, and capacity building.

During a review meeting on 2 March, the CVWG in collaboration with the CALP Network and ECHO (Asia Regional Team), identified 5 actions to take forward to strengthen the use of CVA in this one-pager.