Reports

1 Introduction Digital technology has facilitated greater efficiency, transparency, adaptability and scalability of cash and voucher assistance (CVA) programs. Wherever feasible, Oxfam increasingly uses and promotes digital solutions and modalities to create better outcomes for CVA recipients…

Overview Cash and voucher assistance (CVA) puts people at the centre of responses and enables Oxfam and other humanitarian actors to think differently and deliver better. CVA is now widely accepted by the humanitarian community as a…

NEW PARAMETRIC MICROINSURANCE PRODUCTS LAUNCHED TO CUSHION IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN FIJI The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) has introduced two new parametric microinsurance products to the Fiji market in partnership with two local private…

Weekly update on Cash and Voucher Assistance in Pacific Region and around the world IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CRITICAL MARKETS AND FOOD SECURITY MONITORING SYSTEM WFP and Government of Samoa hold the first-ever technical workshop in Samoa, strengthening capacities…

World Food Programme interventions in hard currency – a strong enabler of positive change – offer much more than a lifeline Edward Johnson Around the world, millions of people risk worsening hunger as the ripple effects of the…

Introduction Information management aims to ensure that critical information relevant to cash programming is readily available to support evidence-based decision making and further add value to the knowledge base in the region for relevant stakeholders(review examples of…

1. SUMMARY PACIFIC CONTEXT The Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) are home to 10 million people and comprise 530,000 km2 of land spread over an area that is more than 15 percent of the earth’s surface. The…

Introduction Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance (MPCA) has been a major activity in Iraq since 2015, used mainly for responses for conflict affected populations. Results from Post-Distribution Monitoring (PDM) show high levels of satisfaction, supporting access to basic needs…

Report prepared by Sandie Walton-Ellery and Iris Low 1. Introduction This report provides a brief overview of recent cash responses in Fiji in 2020 and 2021. It was commissioned by the Fiji Cash Working Group (CWG) and focuses…

Summary of Key Findings 66% of the respondents are female, 92% are evacuees and 77% are married 26% of the respondents are aged between 18 and 30 95% of the respondent confirmed that they got clear and enough information…