Mitigating risks of abuse of power in cash assistance in Afghanistan

Pages
6pp
Date published
01 Jan 2019
Type
Factsheets and summaries
Keywords
Cash-based transfers (CBT), Comms, media & information, Development & humanitarian aid
Organisations
United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees (UNHCR), World Food Programme (WFP)

This document outlines lessons learned from a joint UNHCR-WFP project in Afghanistan aimed at identifying and mitigating the risks of abuse of power in cash assistance. The cash transfer mechanisms discussed during the mission were cash distribution through Hawalas1, mobile token, mobile e-vouchers and bank cheques.