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Cash-Based Assistance Programmes for Internally Displaced Persons in the Kabul Informal Settlements
Report
To improve aid delivery and effectiveness, Welthungerhilfe (WHH) piloted during the 2013/2014 winter a mobile-based cash assistance programme aimed at supporting IDP families living in the Kabul informal settlements (KIS) using Roshan’s M-PAISA service. To assess the strengths and...
Understanding the Demand for Financial Services in Nepal
Report
Nepal has a unique geography consisting of mountains, hills and Terai, which makes it difficult for any financial institution to provide financial services to every part of the country. Formal and informal financial service providers have been attempting to reach more customers at various levels and...
Croix-Rouge philippine Projet pilote de préparation à la réalisation de transferts monétaires
Rapport
La Fédération internationale a travaillé avec les quatre pays pilotes entre mai 2012 et décembre 2013 pour que ces Sociétés nationales puissent répondre sur une grande échelle aux besoins en secours à l’aide de programmes de transferts monétaires, en les mettant en oeuvre plus...
Cruz Roja de Filipinas Proyecto piloto de preparación para la elaboración de programas de transferencias monetarias
Informe
La Federación Internacional trabajó con las Sociedades Nacionales de los cuatro países piloto entre mayo de 2012 y diciembre de 2013 para que estas pudieran ejecutar programas de transferencias monetarias a amplia escala con el fin de atender las necesidades de socorro con mayor celeridad y en...
Case Study: Preparing to Implement Relief Cash Transfer Programming at Scale
Case Study
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) worked with four pilot countries namely the Philippine Red Cross, the Vietnam Red Cross Society, the Senegalese Red Cross Society and the Chilean Red Cross, between May 2012 and December 2013 to support them with training and...
Croix-Rouge du Vietnam Projet pilote de préparation à la réalisation de transferts monétaires
Rapport
La Fédération internationale a travaillé avec les quatre pays pilotes entre mai 2012 et décembre 2013 pour que ces Sociétés nationales puissent répondre sur une grande échelle aux besoins en secours à l’aide de programmes de transferts monétaires, en les mettant en oeuvre plus...
Cruz Roja de Vietnam: Proyecto piloto de preparación para la elaboración de programas de transferencias monetarias
Informe
La Federación Internacional trabajó con las Sociedades Nacionales de los cuatro países piloto entre mayo de 2012 y diciembre de 2013 para que estas pudieran ejecutar programas de transferencias monetarias a amplia escala con el fin de atender las necesidades de socorro con mayor celeridad y en...
CTP factsheet – Philippine Red Cross – cash transfer preparedness pilot
Report
The IFRC worked with four pilot countries between May 2012 and December 2013 to enable the National Societies to use cash transfer programming to address relief needs at scale, implementing it more rapidly and targeting a larger number of households. The Philippine Red Cross was one of the four...
Social Protection System: An Afghan case study, analysing the potential of a child-focused social protection Cash Transfer Programme in Balkh
Report
UNICEF is considering the development of a social protection programme with a specific focus on children, within the already existing framework developed by the World Bank and MoLSAMD. With the end goal of articulating children-sensitive programming with the World Bank’s own safety net programme in...
Manuel de Bonnes Pratiques: Prevenir la Corruption dans le Cadre des Operations Humanitaires
Rapport
Transparency International (TI) soutient depuis longtemps que l’impact le plus nocif de la corruption se trouve dans le détournement des ressources de base destinées aux pauvres. La corruption dans le cadre de l’aide humanitaire en est la forme la plus manifeste car elle prive les pauvres les plus...
Estudio de caso: Programa de transferencia incondicional de efectivo emprendido a raíz del tifón Haiyan (Yolanda)
Informe
El tifón Haiyan, la tormenta más devastadora que jamás se había registrado, tocó tierra por primera vez en la mañana del 8 de noviembre de 2013 en Guiuan, en la provincia de Samar Oriental, lo que causó numerosas víctimas y daños significativos en las viviendas, los medios de vida y la...
CTP factsheet – Vietnam Red Cross – cash transfer preparedness pilot
Report
The IFRC worked with four pilot countries between May 2012 and December 2013 to enable the National Societies to use cash transfer programming to address relief needs at scale, implementing it more rapidly and targeting a larger number of households. The Vietnam Red Cross was one of the four...
Étude de cas : opérations de transferts monétaires sans condition après le passage du cyclone Haiyan (Yolanda)
Rapport
Le cyclone Haiyan, le plus puissant jamais mesuré, a d’abord touché Guiuan (province de Samar oriental) le 8 novembre 2013 au matin, causant de nombreuses pertes humaines et de graves dégâts matériels (logements, moyens de subsistance et infrastructures) dans neuf provinces philippines. Les îles...
Evaluation of the preparedness pilot for cash transfer programmes – Achieving scale in relief cash transfer programming – 2014
Report
It is recognized that cash transfer programming can be effective in supporting populations affected by disasters in a way that maintains dignity and choice for beneficiaries while stimulating local livelihoods, economies and markets. However, the majority of cash transfer programming has been undertaken...
Humanitarian Response to Urban Crises: Workshop Report
Report
The UK government’s Humanitarian Emergency Response Review recognised that ‘the concentration of populations in urban areas will change the nature of many humanitarian disasters.’ii DFID is exploring how it can increase understanding, confidence and capability to prepare for and respond to urban...
Support to the local tool market post-Typhoon Haiyan
Report
Super Typhoon Haiyan struck Leyte and Eastern Samar in the Philippines in November 2013. CRS responded by initiating a program in 2014 to support the livelihoods recovery of 5,250 agriculture-based households. The Livelihood Early Recovery Support to Agricultural Households Affected by Typhoon Yolanda...
UNHCR Cash Transfer Programmes Working Group Inter-Agency Market Monitoring System
Report
The UNHCR engaged the Consultants for technical assistance in developing an inter-agency market monitoring system (MMS) to facilitate a national assessment of cash transfer programmes (CTP) within Lebanon. The request for assistance followed consensus among the International...
Testing Branchless Banking to Deliver Cash Transfers in Nepal
Policy paper
The Human Development Social Protection Pilot (HDSPP) is a sub-project of the joint UNDP-UNCDF Local Governance and Community Development Program (LGCDP). It has been initiated in two far-western districts in Nepal, Kanchanpur and Dhadheldura and it is being implemented by the Ministry of Federal Affairs...
Cash Transfers and HIV Prevention
Report
This paper proposes some initial principles on how to optimize HIV impacts of cash transfers, by encouraging targeting that: focuses on communities with high rates of new HIV infections, particularly acquired via sexual transmission; reduces local or community levels of economic inequalities between men...
Cash-for-shelter pilot findings in CRS’s Typhoon Haiyan Response
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In order to explore possible strategies for shelter assistance that would also benefit local markets, a cash transfer pilot study was conducted in which beneficiaries received cash to purchase shelter materials and to hire labourers. CRS promoted disaster-resilient construction techniques and employed a...