Essays about: "Cash Based Transfer assistance"

Found 3 essays containing the words Cash Based Transfer assistance.

  1. 1. Blockchain Technology in Disaster Risk Management: Transforming the Delivery of Emergency Relief

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Carolina Källner; [2019]
    Keywords : blockchain technology; cash-based transfers; emergency relief; humanitarian aid; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Persisting challenges such as corruption and a lack of coordination among humanitarian organisations continuously lead to almost a third of all development assistance not reaching those in need. As various attempts of solving this dilemma have not been successful, an innovative approach is required. READ MORE

  3. 2. Implications of encampment for the potential of Cash Based Transfer assistance

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Nephele de Bruin; [2017]
    Keywords : Cash Based Transfer assistance; encampment policy; refugee camps; Tanzania; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study explores the implications of an encampment policy - criminalising refugees’ mobility beyond the borders of a camp - for the potential of Cash Based Transfer assistance in protracted refugee situations. As the success of Cash Based Transfer assistance implies market availability and access to commodities, and certain interaction between the host community and refugee population, it is argued to be in conflict with what an encampment policy entails. READ MORE

  4. 3. Direct Cash Transfer and Food Security in Georgia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Elin Jönsson; Elin Åkerman; [2009]
    Keywords : cash assistance; food security; Georgia; in-kind food assistance; internally displaced persons; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to assess the effects on food security in Georgia following a joint direct cash transfer project initiated as an emergency response to the conflict with Russia in August 2008. Based on interviews with beneficiaries, it was found that their food security situation had improved. READ MORE