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SDC‘s Experience with Cash-Based Projects


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


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



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


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


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.


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

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

http://www.unicefusa.org/news/releases/unicef-food-voucher-somalia.html

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