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Digital Cash Transfers for Emergency Response: Lessons from Cameroon

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dc.contributor.authorBotea, Ioana
dc.contributor.authorNdiaye, Omar
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-09T16:49:23Z
dc.date.available2024-01-09T16:49:23Z
dc.date.issued2024-01-09
dc.description.abstractIn response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the government of Cameroon launched anemergency cash transfers program in urban areas. It aimed to mitigate the adverse economic impacts by providing temporary income support to poor informal sector workers unable to access other social protection benefits. Eighty thousand beneficiaries, mostly women, were selected to receive three transfers amounting to USD 275 (FCFA 180,000). A process evaluation was conducted in 2021 to document lessons learned from this first experience with digital government-to-people (G2P) payments in Cameroon. The evaluation combined extensive consultations with project implementors as well as focus group discussions and phone surveys with beneficiaries. The research revealed a strong demand for mobile money payments among the urban cash transfers beneficiaries. A substantial majority (78 percent) expressed a preference for payments directly into their mobile money accounts rather than in cash or through other methods. This preference can be linked to the already high penetration rates: 95 percent of beneficiaries had mobile money accounts before the project. However, it's important to acknowledge that this preference might not entirely represent the broader population, particularly in rural areas. Challenges persist in these regions concerning network coverage, civil registration, and financial literacy.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099120423120534384/P1715720bef7870b10b4b401efe3ab75193
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/40860
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40860
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subjectG2PX
dc.subjectDIGITAL CASH TRANSFERS
dc.subjectDIGITAL PAYMENTS
dc.subjectFSP
dc.titleDigital Cash Transfers for Emergency Responseen
dc.title.subtitleLessons from Cameroonen
dc.typeBrief
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crossref.titleDigital Cash Transfers for Emergency Response: Lessons from Cameroon
okr.date.disclosure2024-01-09
okr.date.lastmodified2023-12-20T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Brief
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099120423120534384/P1715720bef7870b10b4b401efe3ab75193
okr.guid099120423120534384
okr.identifier.docmidP171572-bef7872d-3f04-46b1-b4b4-1efe3ab75193
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/40860
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34208247
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34208247
okr.identifier.report186201
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099120423120534384/pdf/P1715720bef7870b10b4b401efe3ab75193.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica Western and Central (AFW)
okr.region.countryCameroon
okr.sectorSocial Protection
okr.themeSocial Safety Nets,Gender,Human Development and Gender,Social Protection,Social Development and Protection,Social protection delivery systems
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::Payment Systems & Infrastructure
okr.unitSocial Protection & Labor AFR 3 (HAWS3)
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