ATM Cash Assistance: Does it Work?

Author(s)
Nyce, S.
Publication language
English
Pages
2pp
Date published
01 Feb 2010
Publisher
FMR
Type
Articles
Keywords
Cash-based transfers (CBT), Development & humanitarian aid, Poverty, Forced displacement and migration, Urban
Countries
Jordan
Organisations
Forced Migration Review

This article from FMR 34 looks at the efficacy of direct financial assistance for refugees in Jordan. The writer concludes that, 'while questions still arise about the benefits and challenges of providing cash assistance (and its applicability in other settings), the success in Jordan is clear. Putting the decision about how refugees choose to meet their most pressing needs into the hands of the refugees themselves has worked.'