How cash transfers can transform humanitarian aid
Speakers:
Video message from David Miliband – President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee
Owen Barder – Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Development and chair of the High Level Panel on Humanitarian Cash Transfers
Degan Ali – Executive Director of Adeso
Michael Faye – Co-founder and Executive Chairman of GiveDirectly and CEO and co-founder of Segovia Technology, member of the High Level Panel
Claus Sørensen – Senior Advisor on Resilience, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, European Political Strategy Centre (EPSC), member of the High Level Panel
Rachel Slater – Research Fellow, Social Protection, ODI
Chair:
Rajesh Mirchandani – Senior Director of Communications and Policy Outreach at the Center for Global Development
Description
Evidence shows that unconditional cash transfers can be more efficient, more transparent, more accountable and better for recipients than in kind aid. Moving to a coordinated system of cash transfers is also an opportunity for broader reform of the humanitarian system. But cash and vouchers remain just 6% of all humanitarian aid.
Why is it taking so long to move towards a more cash-based system? What are the barriers to scaling up the use of cash transfers and how can these be overcome? What role can the private sector play?
With short talks by leading thinkers and experts, this event will seek to chart out a path for scaling up humanitarian cash transfers in the future. It launches a new ODI report by a high level panel of experts, commissioned by the UK’s Department for International Development.
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