Publication: Cash Transfers in Humanitarian Contexts: Strategic Note
Date
2016-06
ISSN
Published
2016-06
Author(s)
World Bank Group
Abstract
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).
Citation
“World Bank Group. 2016. Cash Transfers in Humanitarian Contexts; Cash Transfers in Humanitarian Contexts : Strategic Note. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/24699 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”