Shelter and Cash Transfer Programming

10 October, 2014

The Cash Learning Partnership (CaLP)

The CaLP believes that cash transfers and vouchers are tools that can contribute to making humanitarian preparedness and response more effective at meeting the diverse needs of affected people, while

promoting recovery.The CaLP aims to promote appropriate, timely and quality cash transfer programming

Cash Transfer Programming (CTP) is a Tool...

• Can be used on their own, or in combination, to meet basic needs and/or to protect, establish or re-establish livelihoods... when analyses confirm their appropriateness.

...for meeting needs and programme objectives, but with significant change potential.

Why cash as a response option?

Numerous benefits of well-designed and implemented cash-based intervention• Dignity and empowerment• Response-recovery linkage• Access • Flexibility

As with other modalities, risks need to be understood and appropriately managed

Shelter Responses using CTP: The Cash Atlas

SDC experience etc.....Cash Atlas Screen Shot of Cash and Shelter Programmes

Barriers to CTP in Shelter Responses: Practitioner Perspective

Lack of cash delivery

infrastructure

Knowledge / practical experience of market analysis

Government resistance to Shelter CTP

Risk of diversion

Shelter and CTP Enablers and Opportunities: A Few Examples

EXTERNAL

• Active and Accessible Markets

• Effective and Active Payment Agents

INTERNAL

• Experience from previous projects

• Technical capacity at country level

Thank you!