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Itana Ejeta Gudeta Innovation has become a defining feature of multi-purpose cash (MPC) programming. Across the Horn of Africa, humanitarian agencies increasingly rely on digital payment platforms, alternative transfer mechanisms, data-driven targeting tools and adaptive voucher models…

Executive summary This report analyzes labor market integration of Ukrainian refugees aged 20–64 across Europe in mid-2025, based on 6,000+ survey observations. Overall, 57% report being employed (including self-employment and informal work), 22 percentage points below the comparable rate…

Over the past decade, the use of cash-based modalities has become a mainstream approach to delivering aid, valued for its cost-effectiveness, flexibility and the choice it provides for recipients. While the use of cash-based interventions (CBI)…

Overview Cash and Voucher Assistance1 (CVA), particularly when provided with minimum restrictions, is an effective people-centered modality that provides dignity, choice and empowerment to affected populations. Where markets are functional and can support cash programming, Multipurpose Cash…

Summary WHAT’S NEW? Sweden has recently raised the salary requirement for work permits, tightening labour immigration rules. Finland has introduced a fast-track system for skilled workers. Iceland plans to adopt its first comprehensive immigrant affairs policy. A…

INTRODUCTION This decision tree supports shelter and settlement (S&S) practitioners to make decisions on the use of cash for S&S outcomes. It builds on research conducted in 2023/2024 by the Global Shelter Cluster (GSC) available here on…

This technical note provides recommendations for AA practitioners on how to integrate economic and market considerations in AA to better protect people’s lives, livelihoods, and food security ahead of a forecasted climate shock.

1. CASH TRANSFERS ARE ON THE RISE IN HUMANITARIAN SETTINGS, BUT THERE WAS A QUESTION MARK ON THEIR IMPACT ON FINANCIAL INCLUSION Humanitarian needs rose sharply, and CVA became a core instrument. As of 2024, an estimated…

Cash-based interventions in IOM As the United Nations migration agency, IOM aims to increase and leverage the use of cash-based interventions (CBI)1 to improve access to basic needs for migrants, displaced persons and other affected communities, enhancing…

The UNFPA “Programmatic guidelines: Cash and Voucher Assistance in Sexual and Reproductive Health programming in Emergencies” explains how CVA can be effectively integrated into humanitarian responses to help women, girls, and other vulnerable groups access lifesaving…