Cash‐based interventions: lessons from southern Somalia

The interaction between social protection and agriculture: A review of evidence

“…In Niger, a short-term large cash transfer produced temporary inflation in the prices of some foods due to high transaction costs and poor supply-side information in the market (Save the Children, 2009). Short-term small cash transfers provided in Swaziland and Zambia were not inflationary (Mattinen and Ogden, 2006;Schubert and Goldberg, 2004;Creti 2010).…”

A Regional Multiplier Approach to Estimating the Impact of Cash Transfers on the Market: The Case of Cash Transfers in Rural Malawi

“…To date, few such programmes have been undertaken and little research has been conducted regarding the impact of often comparatively large (compared with the size of the local economy) cash injections. Exceptions include Barrientos and DeJong (2006) who conclude that cash transfers 'are an effective tool in reducing child poverty' (p. 548), and Mattinen and Ogden (2006) who evaluate a cashtransfer programme carried out in Somalia by Action Contre la Faim. The programme used the traditional hawalaad system to bypass the country's poor formal financial infrastructure, and the evaluation concluded that such transfers are useable in conflict environments -even on a long-term basis.…”

Assistance in chronic conflict areas: evidence from South Sudan

“…There is a range of innovative and appropriate methods to safely transfer money to people. In Somalia and Afghanistan, for example, reliance on existing remittance organizations, money transfer companies and local banking systems have been effective and safe methods of delivering cash to beneficiaries, even in insecure areas (Holmes, 2009;Harvey, 2007;Mattinen and Ogden, 2006;Hofmann, 2005). Money can also be more discrete than the delivery of highly visible in-kind transfers (Harvey, 2007;Hofmann, 2005).…”