Evaluation of the Cash Consortium in Southern Somalia

This evaluation aims at reviewing the rationale, strengths and weaknesses of this work by
focusing on four related aspects:

• the Consortium
o how well it worked as a co-ordinating system

• the Approach
o a community based approach which stressed transparency, public participation and pro-active advocacy within the clan system in order to target the poor

• the Commodity
o the household, market and security implications of using cash

• the Micro-projects
o how they were selected and what was their value