Reports

1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 WHY THIS TIP SHEET IS NEEDED Cash and voucher assistance (CVA) make up a growing proportion of overall humanitarian response, with an estimated $4.7 billion delivered worldwide in 2018, up from $2.8Bn in 2016. Given this,…

Le Cash Learning Partnership (CaLP) vise à promouvoir des transferts monétaires adéquats et de qualité au moment opportun, en tant qu’outil dans le cadre des interventions et de la préparation humanitaires. Avec pour volonté initiale de rassembler…

Venue: WFP Regional Bureau, Bangkok Date: Thursday, 20th February 2020 Time: 10:00 AM-12:00 PM (BKK time) Attendees in person: WFP, OCHA, American Red Cross, UNICEF, ECHO, The Border Consortium, CARE, UNFPA Online/remotely: WFP, IRC, CARE, DFAT Agenda points: Addressing Protection and Gender…

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this document is to provide practical guidance in preparedness, assessment, program design, implementation and monitoring related to Market-Based Programming (MBP) in humanitarian WASH assistance, and more specifically on: How to identify linkages between markets…

What is a market? Before, during and after a crisis hits, communities around the world are buying and selling. Markets are places where these buyers and sellers come together to exchange goods and services. It doesn’t have…

1. INTRODUCTION The purpose of this ‘Guidance for Collaborative Procurement for Humanitarian Cash Transfers’ (this “Guidance”) is to support collaborative procurement options for humanitarian cash transfer services required by UNHCR, UNICEF and WFP, as per the Joint…

With the growing global popularity of cash transfers as a modality for both humanitarian and development assistance, the need to understand the impact of such interventions is becoming increasingly important. Programmes often target women or women-headed…

Efforts aimed at redressing gender inequalities and socioeconomic inequities can mitigate factors that fuel the HIV epidemic. In a study in Eswatini, cash transfers aimed at keeping adolescent girls and young women in school and giving them…

Plan International has prepared a technical briefing and guidance note on Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) kits linking it with Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) Programming. The document highlights the use of CVA as a modality to…

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Cash transfer programs have been shown to have many benefits, including reducing poverty, increasing school enrollment, and improving nutrition. However, recent research on these programs has found they can also have spillovers onto non-beneficiaries—both positive and…