Erik Johnson and Paula Gil Baizan
Erik Johnson is humanitarian chief for DanChurchAid. Paula Gil Baizan is advocacy head for the Cash Learning Partnership
The evidence is clear: cash works better. In study after study, survivors of conflict and disaster have reaffirmed their wish to choose – to maintain their dignity and use resources more efficiently – by receiving cash instead of food or other “in kind” aid. At last month’s world humanitarian summit in Istanbul, some major donors and agencies pledged to increase cash programming to at least 25% of all humanitarian aid by 2020.
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