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Comment by AidSource on January 20, 2012 at 4:17am

Okay, Breanna - you win the prize for today. I've just added a page to this group called Topline Resources. The link is in the resources library, too. If you provide actual URL links for each item on the list, I'll embed them (you can send as a message to AidSource Admin).

Thanks very much! This is exactly the kind of thing we're looking for!

Comment by Zehra Rizvi on January 20, 2012 at 12:21am

Oh...and why not announce the urban study in the same way you did on dgroups here as well as a separate discussion rather than in the comments :)  It's looking GOOD and I know how long everyone has been waiting for it to come out..  xx

Comment by Zehra Rizvi on January 20, 2012 at 12:18am

I'm going to cut n copy this over to the tech resources as well so it's there (and will find the links)....and love them all.  Maybe some case studies that are your fave?  MUCH quicker reads even though all this needs to be read if people are serious... I KNEW you would have a good list :)  Thanks babe. xx

Comment by Breanna R on January 19, 2012 at 11:55pm

PS - all available on the cashlearning resource site... sorry I didn't provide links!

Comment by Breanna R on January 19, 2012 at 11:51pm

Ok, here goes!  I've tried to keep it a mix of practical and theoretical, without getting too technical... Thoughts? Anything on your list that's not on here?

1. Good Practice Review: Cash Transfer Programming in Emergencies (CaLP/ODI 2011) - the complete, up-to-date picture

2. Making the Case for Cash: A field guide to advocacy for cash transfer programming (CaLP 2011) - short and sweet summary of the main arguments for using cash-based programming in emergencies

3. ICRC/IFRC Guidelines for Cash Transfer Programming - practical and comprehensive manual for implementing different types of CTP

4. Delivering Money: Cash Transfer Mechanisms in Emergencies (CaLP 2010) - the nitty gritty of how to transfer money to people in emergencies

5. Communicating Cash to Communities: A field guide (CaLP 2011) - what communities need to know, when they need to know it, and how to communicate it

6. Cash and Vouchers in Emergencies - HPG Discussion Paper (HPN 2005) - an older document, but a fantastic overview of the policy perspective and issues

7. Cash Technical Working Group Guide (CaLP 2011) - if you are implementing and find yourself participating in or needing to set up a cash technical working group, this guide suggests key issues for discussion and provides a sample TOR

8. Walking the Talk: Cash Transfers and Gender Dynamics (Oxfam / Concern 2011) - do cash transfers really empower women? what is their impact on household dynamics? this research asks the hard questions and makes recommendations

9. Ready or Not? Emergency Cash Transfers at Scale (CaLP 2011) - overwhelmingly, emergency CTP programmes to date have been relatively small-scale - but why? This research examines the obstacles and makes recommendations for donors, humanitarian actors, and CaLP to move forward

10. Cash Transfer Programming in Urban Emergencies - A toolkit for practitioners (CaLP 2011) - just published! A practical toolkit for urban CTPs, including a downloadable annex of tools ready to be customized.

Comment by Zehra Rizvi on January 19, 2012 at 8:01pm

Hey Bree...all that is under technical resources already....can you come up with a TOP TEN of cash docs that people who are new to the modality can read?  I put up the library and the website already but missing a top ten.... go under resource library and you will see it...

Comment by Breanna R on January 19, 2012 at 3:41pm

Lots of great questions here... If you haven't already, check out www.cashlearning.org, an online resource platform dedicated to documenting best practices & lessons learned about cash-based interventions in humanitarian aid.

If you want a starter document, the first chapter of the 2011 "Good Practice Review 11: Cash Transfer Programming in Emergencies" by Sarah Bailey and Paul Harvey is an excellent overview.

Finally, check out www.cashlearning.org/resources/tools for a set of practical field guides to cash transfer programming including how to use different payment methods / modalities (for example: vouchers, voucher fairs, direct cash, smart cards etc) as well as some communications guidelines for undertaking cash-based programming.

Enjoy!

Comment by J. on January 13, 2012 at 1:06pm

ha ha... good catch. It's fixed!

Comment by Ian Thorpe on January 13, 2012 at 10:37am

Wondering if we could base cash handouts on ability to spell the word "programming" correctly in the group title ;-) or would that be output based aid?

Comment by Pia on December 15, 2011 at 10:44am

This is not at all my expertise area, but I was wondering what kind of economic investments have borne fruit (i.e. revenue for who was targeted)? I think of cash-based programming as kind of a misnomer...isn't it all cash-based? And, that it's small scale only...but is that really the case? Looking forward to learning more about the topic as a full-on ignoramus in this...  

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