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مساعدات النقد والقسائم ضمن التأهب للحماية الاجتماعية في أمريكا الوسطى والمكسيك وجمهورية الدومينيكان – ملخص تنفيذي

تقرير

 اتبعت الحكومات الوطنية في جميع أنحاء أمريكا اللاتينية ومنطقة البحر الكاريبي (LAC) منذ فترة طويلة استخدام المساعدات النقدية والقسائم (CVA) كجزء من مكونات برامج الحماية...

11 May 2022

Sistemización de Buena Práctica – Proyecto: Monederos Electrónicos Ayuda Monetaria en Especie

Informe

La buena práctica que presentamos a continuación se enmarca en el Plan de Respuesta a Refugiados y Migrantes de Venezuela. OIM México es una de las oficinas que implementó este Plan, el cual tiene como objetivo: fortalecer la infraestructura de los gobiernos y la cooperación con la comunidad...

1 September 2020

Cash Transfers: An Effective Tool for International Development and Humanitarian Aid

Report

In the last 20 years direct payments to recipients have emerged as an effective way to deliver aid to vulnerable people. Evidence from 200 studies shows that direct cash transfers (CTs) have a strong impact on poverty reduction, and that they are particularly efficient in emergency situations. This...

11 July 2016

The Impact of Cash Transfers on Local Economies

Policy paper

In this special edition of Policy in Focus, leading authors and practitioners present their research on how cash transfers can impact the local economy when implemented in a developing country. The aim is to gather and review research results and evidence, obtained from various methodologies ranging from...

2015

The Price Effects of Cash Versus In-Kind Transfers

Report

This paper examines the effect of cash versus in-kind transfers on local prices. Both types of transfers increase the demand for normal goods; in-kind transfers also increase supply in recipient communities, which should cause prices to fall relative to cash transfers. We test and confirm this prediction...

2014

Economic Strengthening for Child Protection & Education in Emergencies

Guidelines and Tools

The aim of this compendium is to provide education and child protection coordinators and partners working in the field who are involved in or confronted with economic strengthening programmes with key existing evidence and guidance documents in order to inform their work, at all stages of a programme...

2014

How Effective are Cash Transfer Programmes at Improving Nutritional Status?

Report

Cash transfer programmes are a widely applied social protection scheme that has achieved successes in fighting poverty worldwide. A large literature has sprung up around these programmes, yet the relationship between cash transfer programmes and the nutritional status of recipient children is unclear. Can...

July 2012

Social Cash Transfers and Financial Inclusion: Evidence from four countries

Report

This focus note from CGAP looks at social cash transfers and how this is being used to improve financial inclusion. To do so they look at examples from Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and South Africa. The focus note compares the various payment approaches, how these interlink with the respective government...

2012

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