Post-Distribution Monitoring of Cash-Based Intervention 2023

Malaysia, 2023

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Reference ID

MYS_2023_PDM-CBI_v01_M

Producer(s)

UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)

Collection(s)

United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR)

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

Study website

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Mar 25, 2025

Last modified

Mar 25, 2025

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Identification

Survey ID number

MYS_2023_PDM-CBI_v01_M

Title

Post-Distribution Monitoring of Cash-Based Intervention 2023

Abbreviation or Acronym

PDM-CBI 2023

Country/Economy

Name	Country code
Malaysia	MYS

Study type

Income/Expenditure/Household Survey [hh/ies]

Abstract

UNHCR uses Post Distribution Monitoring (PDM) as a mechanism to collect refugees’ feedback on the quality, sufficiency, utilization and effectiveness of the assistance items they receive. The underlying principle behind the process is linked to accountability, as well as a commitment to improve the quality and relevance of support provided, and related services. UNHCR increasingly uses cash based interventions (CBIs) as a preferred modality for delivering assistance, offering greater dignity and choice to Persons of Concern (PoCs) in line with UNHCR’s core protection mandate. In order to ensure that the cash assistance provided meets the intended objectives and that desired outcomes are achieved, UNHCR conducts regular post-distribution and outcome monitoring with a sample of refugee recipients residing across the country.

Kind of Data

Census/enumeration data [cen]

Unit of Analysis

Households

Version

Version Description

Version 2.1: Edited, cleaned and anonymised data

Version Date

2024-03-30

Scope

Notes

The household survey covers the following sections:

Household demographics
Receiving and spending the cash assistance (basic facts)
Risks and problems: Did people face problems with the CBI? Did the CBI put refugees at additional risk?
Markets and prices: Can refugees find what they need, and at a price they can afford, in the markets?
Expenditure: What did people spend the money on?
Outcomes: What changes is the cash assistance contributing to in refugees households?
Longer-Term Outcomes: Has the cash assistance helped put refugees on the pathway to sustainable solutions?
Accountability to Affected Persons: Is the CBI intervention accountable to persons of concern? (What preferences do people have over how assistance is delivered?)

Topics

Topic
Cash Assistance
Basic Needs

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

The survey covers returnee households that received CBI in 2023 in Malaysia

Universe

All refugees registered to recieved cash in 2023

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name	Affiliation
UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)	UN

Sampling

Sampling Procedure

Not Applicable

Data collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End
2023-05-06	2023-12-24

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Data Collectors

Name
MRA
TCF

Data Access

Citation requirements

UNHCR (2023). Malaysia: Post-Distribution Monitoring of Cash-Based Intervention 2023. Accessed from: https://microdata.unhcr.org

Contacts

Name	Affiliation	Email
Curation team	UNHCR	microdata@unhcr.org

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI_MYS_2023_PDM-CBI_v01_M

Producers

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
UN Refugee Agency	UNHCR	UN	Metadata producer
Development Data Group	DECDG	The World Bank	Metadata adapted for World Bank Microdata Library

Date of Metadata Production

2024-04-05

Metadata version

DDI Document version

Identical to a metadata (UNHCR_MYS_2023_PDM_anon_data_v2.1) published on UNHCR catalog (https://microdata.unhcr.org/index.php/home). Some of the metadata fields have been edited.

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