Cash transfers in Emergencies A synthesis of World Vision’s Experience and Learning

Author(s)
Bailey,S. Savage, K. and O’Callaghan, S.
Publication language
English
Pages
60pp
Date published
01 Sep 2008
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Cash-based transfers (CBT), Disaster preparedness, resilience and risk reduction, Funding and donors, Livelihoods
Organisations
ODI
This paper examines the question of how World Vision should
approach the use of cash transfers as a tool in emergency
response. There has been growing interest in the use of cash
transfers as a way of responding to emergency needs. Diverse
agencies in a variety of contexts have provided cash to assist
people to access food, find temporary shelter, rebuild their
homes, recover their livelihoods and meet other needs. These
agencies have developed guidelines and training modules
related to the use of cash. Donors are increasingly willing to
consider proposals that include cash responses, and are
reviewing their own policies and procedures. World Vision has
been catching up with this emerging agenda, and this study
represents an attempt to think through the future use of cash
transfers by World Vision. World Vision has also recently
implemented a cash pilot project in Lesotho, as well as cash
projects in other contexts in recent years, including in
Afghanistan, Indonesia, Kenya, Lebanon and Pakistan.