Cash Transfers in Humanitarian Contexts : Strategic Note
Upon request of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Principals at their meeting on December 11, 2015, the World Bank agreed to coordinate a process of reviewing key issues and options for significantly scaling up the use of multipurpose cash...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/06/26495965/strategic-note-cash-transfers-humanitarian-contexts http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24699 |
Summary: | Upon request of the Inter-Agency
Standing Committee (IASC) Principals at their meeting on
December 11, 2015, the World Bank agreed to coordinate a
process of reviewing key issues and options for
significantly scaling up the use of multipurpose cash
transfers (MPCTs; including digital cash and vouchers) in
the humanitarian space. This note lays out the main findings
and options emerging from the process. The main text is
complemented by a set of seven appendixes, detailing the
process and feedback received, as well as presenting a
thorough review of the evidence and evidence gaps in the
comparative effectiveness of cash and in-kind programs
across humanitarian objectives. This note synthesizes main
issues and findings from the process, including defining
overarching issues (section 2), setting out the overall
context in which a wider use of cash should be considered
(section 3), and identifying the specific areas to help
unleash a wider use of cash transfers when and where
appropriate (section 4). |
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