Cash Transfer Programming in Emergencies - A new Good Practice Review

Speakers:
Paul Harvey, co-author of ‘Cash transfer programming in emergencies’ is a Partner with Humanitarian Outcomes, an independent team of professionals providing evidence-based analysis and policy consultations to governments and international organisations on their humanitarian response efforts. He was previously a Research Fellow with the Humanitarian Policy Group in the Overseas Development Institute. Recent work has included reports on cash based responses, HIV/AIDS, analysing impact, remittances and dependency in humanitarian aid. Prior to joining ODI he worked for various NGOs as an emergency manager, including longer postings in Somalia, Sierra Leone and Kosovo.

Sarah Bailey, co-author of ‘Cash transfer programming in emergencies’ is a Research Officer with the Humanitarian Policy Group. She has designed, managed and evaluated cash transfer programmes, and written widely on this issue. Sarah has managed emergency and development programmes in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Niger.

Discussants:
Nicolas Barrouillet - Coordinator, the Cash Learning Partnership (CaLP)

Emma Delo - Senior Officer Recovery, Disaster Services Department, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

Devrig Velly - Food Assistance Coordinator, DG ECHO

Tim Waites - Disaster Risk Reduction Adviser, Conflict, Humanitarian and Security Department (CHASE), DFID

Chair:
Wendy Fenton  - Coordinator, Humanitarian Practice Network