facilitate the ability of vulnerable / poor people to earn incomes on their own , to preclude long-term dependency on cash hand-outs , and to help them become participants in economic development .
Implications .
If only select groups are targeted to be the recipients of cash transfers , and if other vulnerable groups within the same community are excluded , then this decision / implementation would pose the risk of community division , tension , and conflict .
Note : Cash transfers do not need to be utilized at all in a post-conflict country . Although cash transfers can help the immediate needs of poor , vulnerable households , there is little evidence that they actually contribute to poverty reduction or to building effective governance .
Event Description .
This observation is based on the article " Cash Transfers in Post-Conflict Contexts ," by Rebecca Holmes , Overseas Development Institute , Project Briefing No . 32 , November 2009 .
Additional Comments from the Lesson Author .
A related article is " The Role of Cash Transfers in Post-Conflict Nepal ," by Rebecca Holmes and Shizu Uphadya , Overseas Development Institute paper , August 2009 . This paper examines the role of cash transfers in addressing poverty , vulnerability , and exclusion in Nepal ' s post-conflict environment .
A second related article is " Cash Transfers in Sierra Leone : Are They Appropriate , Affordable or Feasible ," by Rebecca Holmes and Adam Jackson , Overseas Development Institute , Project Briefing No . 8 , January 2008 . This study discusses whether cash transfers are an appropriate , feasible , and affordable tool to assist Sierra Leone ' s post-conflict transition and to reduce poverty .
Lesson Author : Mr . Dave Mosinski
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Note : For information about cash transfer as related to Syria , see this study also posted in SOLLIMS ’ Syria & Refugees COP : “ Cash Transfer Programming for Syrian Refugees : Lessons Learned on Vulnerability , Targeting , and Protection from the Danish Refugee Council ’ s E-Voucher Intervention in Southern Turkey ”
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