Cash Voucher: Programme Review of voucher assistance as a safety-net transfer modality in the Gaza Strip.

Author(s)
Mountfield, B.
Publication language
English
Pages
54pp
Date published
16 Sep 2012
Type
Programme/project reviews
Keywords
Cash-based transfers (CBT), Conflict, violence & peace, Urban
Countries
Occupied Palestinian Territory
Organisations
Oxfam
Link
http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/Gaza-Cash-Voucher-Progr…
Three interconnected groups of factors inform the socio-economic context in Gaza, and critically, all are underpinned by the blockade:
 
- Restrictions on movement
- Large families and rapid population growth, reduced land and property holdings
- Fixed or reducing natural asset based, with increasing environmental contamination