CaLP Case Study: Unconditional Cash Grants for Relief and Recovery in Rizal and Laguna, The Philippines (Post-Typhoon Ketsana)

This paper reviews the implementation process of Cash Transfer Programme, which was initiated in response to rapid onset flooding in Laguna and Rizal provinces in the Philippines by Oxfam International. It concluces that the distribution of cash transfers was the most effective, rapid and simple method for responding to the rapid onset flooding while meeting a wide range of beneficiaries’ needs.