Cash Transfer Programming in Urban Emergencies – A Toolkit for Practitioners

Cash Transfer Programming in Urban Emergencies – A Toolkit for Practitioners

This study aimed to better understand the collective preparedness for future urban emergency responses, and identify concrete best practices and tools to help organisations better implement cash and voucher programmes in challenging urban environments. The following toolkit brings together the collective knowledge of best practices, key issues in programming, and adaptations of cash transfer programme methodologies for urban settings.

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Cash transfer programming: Guidelines for mainstreaming and preparedness

Cash transfer programming: Guidelines for mainstreaming and preparedness

The purpose of this guidance is to support National Societies in demonstrating improved capacity and operational readiness to provide scalable and timely emergency cash transfer programming (CTP). This will be achieved when a National Society has trained and experienced staff and volunteers who are familiar with its tools and procedures, use them efficiently, and contribute to their adaptation and improvement.

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Exploring mobile money transfers through private partnerships in Bangladesh – CTP case study

Exploring mobile money transfers through private partnerships in Bangladesh – CTP case study

This case study extracts the lessons learned of implementing a mobile money transfer as a delivery mechanism in the context Bangladesh and the process of engaging with the private sector. Innovation and new technologies are continuously identified and explored as ways to improve CTP (Cash Transfer Programming) which creates exciting opportunities to partner with the private sector.

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Report of assessment of household kits in emergency operations by Viet Nam Red Cross

Report of assessment of household kits in emergency operations by Viet Nam Red Cross

The “Assessment of the effectiveness of using household (HH) kit in relief activities of the VNRC” aims to: Assess the effectiveness of HH kit used by VNRC in relief activities in recent years, which focus on assessing the relevance of the relief items in the HH kit and distribution method; and propose adjustments for using HH kit in the relief activities by VNRC in Vietnam in the near future, which define the structure and form of relief items, HH kit container and distribution method.

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Case Study: Community Engagement for Cash Transfer Programming

Case Study: Community Engagement for Cash Transfer Programming

The case study highlights the importance of community engagement in cash transfer programming, and it showed the success story of doing so in the cash transfer programming in Typhoon Wutip and Nari operations which the central provinces of Viet Nam in October 2013.

To improve preparedness in cash transfer programming, a review was conducted in 2015 to capture best practices in beneficiary targeting and impact stories. This initiative provided an opportunity for community members and local authorities to raise their voice and concerns about the process.

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