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How Can Vulnerable Internally Displaced Persons Be Transitioned from Humanitarian Assistance to Social Protection?: Evidence from Iraq

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dc.contributor.authorObi, Chinedu Temple
dc.contributor.authorPhadera, Lokendra
dc.contributor.authorWai-Poi, Matthew
dc.contributor.authorLeape, Virginia
dc.contributor.authorFox, Gabrielle
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-24T16:40:45Z
dc.date.available2022-06-24T16:40:45Z
dc.date.issued2022-06
dc.description.abstractAligning the short-term humanitarian assistance system with the government social protection system as a possible long-term solution for the displaced population is well discussed in the literature. However, there is limited evidence on how this alignment is applied in a real-world setting. Using field-test data, this paper documents the eligibility of the humanitarian Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance beneficiaries for the government’s poverty-targeted cash transfer program in Iraq. It does so by using two possible approaches —a probabilistic pseudo-proxy-means test, which is based on a limited number of overlapping variables between the targeting models of the humanitarian and government support systems and is designed to be applied on the existing database, and a new data collection with complete sets of variables from the targeting models of the two systems. The paper finds that a significant number of households that qualify for the humanitarian Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance program are eligible for the government’s cash transfer program. While the referral accuracy of the pseudo-proxy-means tests model is high, it is likely to leave out some eligible households. In additions to identifying the cross-eligibility with certainty, collecting new data may elicit important insight related to willingness to be referred. The choice between electing to collect new data or relying on the pseudo-proxy-means tests and using existing data comes with important trade-offs and will depend on the capacity, budget, and appetite for the uncertainty of eligibility.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099523406212233544/IDU0490e4323084e104adf08c7b02ee3f7cd869d
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10095
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/37592
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Papers;10095
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectPROXY-MEANS TESTS
dc.subjectHUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectCASH TRANSFER
dc.subjectINTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS
dc.subjectMULTI-PURPOSE CASH ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectCASH TRANSFER PROGRAM REVIEW
dc.subjectCASH ASSISTANCE TO DISPLACED PEOPLE
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectBENEFIT ALIGNMENT
dc.titleHow Can Vulnerable Internally Displaced Persons Be Transitioned from Humanitarian Assistance to Social Protection?en
dc.title.subtitleEvidence from Iraqen
dc.typeWorking Papers
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okr.date.disclosure2022-06-21
okr.date.lastmodified2022-06-21T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePolicy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099523406212233544/IDU0490e4323084e104adf08c7b02ee3f7cd869d
okr.guid099523406212233544
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10095
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum33846910
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum33846910
okr.identifier.reportWPS10095
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okr.region.countryIraq
okr.topicLaw and Development::Involuntary Resettlement Law
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Services & Transfers to Poor
okr.topicSocial Development::Voluntary and Involuntary Resettlement
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Safety Nets and Transfers
okr.unitEFI-MNA-POV-Poverty and Equity (EMNPV)
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