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CTP

Information and Awareness

Location Date

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Introduction to CTP CTP trends amongst actors and donors Response Option Analysis

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Cash Transfer Programming Contents

• What is CTP?
• Why some National Societies

choose CTP

• Approaches to CTP
• Transfer modalities
• Mapping RC/RC CTP

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Cash Transfer Programming What is CTP?

• CTP is the provision of assistance

through cash or vouchers rather than providing food or materials

• It is not a programme objective

itself: it is a means of implementing one

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Cash Transfer Programming Why some NS choose CTP

Humanitarian reasons

 Empowerment and

dignity

 Choice and flexibility  Power transfer  Links response to

recovery

 Effective across sectors

and in situations with varied needs Pragmatic reasons

 Cost efficient  Multiplier effects  Support to local trade

linked to economic recovery

• Fewer costs for

recipients

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Cash Transfer Programming Approaches to CTP

CTP can be:

 Conditional or unconditional  Targeted at a wide range of sectors  One-off or repeated payments  Blanket provision or targeted to specific groups  Implemented alone or in partnership with

government agencies

• Cash grants or vouchers

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Cash Transfer Programming Transfer modalities

 cash – in the hand  cash cheque  transfer to bank

account

 remittance agents

Cash resources can be transferred by:

 post office  vouchers  prepaid cards

• mobile phones

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CTP Projects funded through IFRC Appeals, 2009-2011

Sri Lanka Bangladesh Viet Nam Mongolia Pakistan Indonesia Samoa Guatemala El Salvador Haiti Chile Ethiopia Kenya Zimbabwe Chad Burkina Faso Niger

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Trends in CTP

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Cash Transfer Programming Contents:

• Early CTP
• General trends in CTP
• Agency trends in CTP
• Donor trends in CTP
• Research and publications

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Cash Transfer Programming Early examples of CTP

• Franco-Prussian war, 1870-71
• Cash for Work as a famine safety net

response in India, late 19th century

• Galveston floods, Texas, 1900
• Cash-based famine response India, 1948
• Large CFW projects in India 1970s
• Large CFW projects in Botswana 1980s

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Cash Transfer Programming General trends in CTP

• Focus on food and livelihoods sectors – starting

to see this expand, especially in shelter

• Focus on recovery and early recovery –

although some use of unconditional cash in emergencies, rarely at scale

• Work is underway on scaling up quicker, on

preparation and contingency planning, and on market assessment

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Cash Transfer Programming Agency trends in CTP

• Creation of CaLP
• WFP to meet food needs
• UNHCR repatriation support
• Trends in IFRC

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Cash Transfer Programming Donor trends in CTP (1)

DG ECHO

Has a CTP policy Works as an advocate amongst peers Actively tracks CTP expenditure: trend is increasing

• ver time

DFID

HRR raised the possibility of a ‘cash first’ approach DFID promotes more routine use of innovative

approaches including CTPs

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Cash Transfer Programming Donor trends in CTP (2)

USAID

 No restriction on use of OFDA funds for CTPs  OFDA reporting a rapid expansion in the use of

CTPs, approximately doubling over the last couple

• f years.

Generally

 No donor actively constraining the use of CTPs

• No donor reported internal policy constraints

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Response Option Analysis

How to determine what programmatic approach is the most appropriate

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Cash Transfer Programming Response Option Analysis

Contents:

• What is it, and where does it fit?
• Blue sky thinking
• Setting criteria
• Scoring response options
• Making recommendations

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Cash Transfer Programming What is it, and where does it fit?

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Cash Transfer Programming "Blue Sky" thinking

• Include all potential responses to

identified needs

• Don’t discard anything at this stage

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Cash Transfer Programming Criteria for scoring - examples

• Priorities and capacity
• f the host NS
• Priorities and capacity
• f the affected

population

• Timeliness and

seasonality

• Probable impact, cost

effectiveness

• Potential for

sustainability, links with recovery

• Resources available

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Cash Transfer Programming Scoring response options

• Score each option against each

criterion

• Not all factors have the same

importance – add a weighting

• Compare options to identify and

justify most appropriate approaches

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Cash Transfer Programming Documentation

• Response options analysis

provides a justification for the selected approach

• Allows objective comparison

between possibilities

• Increases programme quality
• Very useful for communication

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Cash Transfer Programming Summary

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