Paper details
| Paper authors | Helene Juillard |
| In panel on | Humanitarian innovation, technology and cash assistance in Lebanon |
| Paper presenter(s) will be presenting |
In-Person / |
Abstract
As we approach the last year of the Grand Bargain, humanitarian actors have operationalised their commitment towards an increased use of cash assistance. This significant uptake has been supported by innovation and the use of technologies, enabling the swift targeting and distribution of cash at scale.
Lebanon has, for long, provided a unique conducive environnement for the use of cash assistance both by the nature of the context and by the nature of crisis. As such it has been an incubator for innovative solutions to design, target and distribute cash assistance.
This paper argues that innovations so far have mostly been focused on scaling up the response, sometimes to the detriment of equity and accountability towards crisis affected households. The paper shares some concrete examples as to when innovations have been implemented on the basis of what humanitarians assumed to be the best solutions. Finally, the paper makes the case for shifting the focus on using innovation for scale to using innovation for quality as in effective, equitable and efficient cash assistance.
The paper is supported by a video : https://youtu.be/TmFg5sJt0jk. Summary podcast available in English, French and Arabic of supporting research: https://www.keyaidconsulting.com/portfolio/dfid-contributing-to-humanitarian-reform-through-cash-programming-scale-up/
Presenters
Key Aid Consulting