State of the World’s Cash 2020 – Chapter 7: CVA integration with local systems

For a relevant and sustainable response , the role of local actors and local systems is critical. There is a growing consensus regarding the importance of localisation within CVA, but little clarity on how to drive this forward in practice. Progress on localisation requires humanitarian actors to be actively committed to shifting the balance of power. This chapter asks: ‘How can CVA support a shift in power to local actors in the humanitarian sector, based on changes to ways of working and the development of equitable partnerships?’