Cash and Voucher Assistance

Introduction

Cash transfer programming refers to all programmes where cash (or vouchers for goods or services) is provided directly to affected people to meet one or several basic humanitarian needs. Evidence indicates that cash is almost universally preferred by beneficiaries, and that it can be an effective and efficient means of delivering assistance where markets and operational contexts permit. Cash transfer programming is being scaled up across the humanitarian system and can be delivered through mechanisms including vouchers, electronic payment systems or direct cash delivery. (OCHA)

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Key Resources

• The State of the World’s Cash 2020: Cash and Voucher Assistance in Humanitarian Aid
• 3W Template with HXL and Cash (2020) and Sample Cash Dashboard from Somalia
• Glossary of Terminology for Cash and Voucher Assistance (2018)
• One humanity: shared responsibility. Report of the Secretary-General for the World Humanitarian Summit (2016)
• Doing cash differently: how cash transfers can transform humanitarian aid (2015)
• Cash and Vouchers Manual, Second edition 2014
• Good Practice Review: cash transfer programming in emergencies (2011)

Cash and Vocher Assistance (CVA) and COVID-19

• CALP Network CVA and COVID-19 resources page
• IFRC/ICRC CVA and COVID-19 resources page
• Socialprotection.org COVID-19 resources page

Cash and Voucher Assistance reports

Ukraine

Ukraine Cash Working Group Overview, March 2022

This fact sheet provides a brief overview of the Ukraine Cash Working Group and the roll-out of MPC for the current emergency response. The Ukraine Cash Working Group (CWG) was established in 2016..