dihad dubai sdc's cash experience

Pushing Innovation in Humanitarian Aid

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SDC‘s Experience with Cash-Based Projects

Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFASwiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC

SDC EXPERIENCE WITH CASH BASED PROJECTS

Cash projects – what is it?

Cash instead of in-kind assistance Implementation modality Preconditions fulfilled Money or voucher Key factors for success

SDC EXPERIENCE WITH CASH BASED PROJECTS

Cash projects – SDC experiences Since 1999 More than 30 projects In emergencies, early recovery,

reconstruction Budgets from $ 1 mio - $ 22 mio From Mongolia to Haiti Implemented in fragile contexts Growing number of cash

project partners

Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFASwiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC

Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFASwiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC

SDC‘s EXPERIENCE WITH CASH-BASED PROJECTS

Key findings from SDC‘s experience:Cash-based projects are:

More cost-efficient than in-kind projects Empower victims and stimulate the local

economy Not prone to increased

misuse or corruption

And: Unconditional larger amounts lead to best impact

Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFASwiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC

SDC‘s EXPERIENCE WITH CASH-BASED PROJECTS

Pushing further: Use of Cash in Immediate Disaster Response

Cash for Work – Haiti after earthquake 2010 Assessments of other cash options

SDC EXPERIENCE WITH CASH BASED PROJECTS

Never say never:Cash projects in Somalia

LONDON - U.N. children's agency UNICEF has

started a food voucher and cash transfer

programme targeting 15’000 persons in famine-

stricken southern Somalia. The cash transfers are

designed to allow people to buy food they choose

themselves.

Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFASwiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC

• Complex in-kind assistance• Working markets • Money transfer systems

„Cash for food“ as solution for 70‘000 persons