Post-Distribution Monitoring of Cash-Based Intervention, May 2021

Sri Lanka, 2021

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Reference ID

LKA_2021_PDM-CBI_v01_M

Producer(s)

UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)

Collection(s)

United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Fragility, Conflict and Violence

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

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Mar 31, 2022

Last modified

Apr 13, 2022

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Identification

Survey ID number

LKA_2021_PDM-CBI_v01_M

Title

Post-Distribution Monitoring of Cash-Based Intervention, May 2021

Country/Economy

Name	Country code
Sri Lanka	LKA

Study type

Other Household Survey [hh/oth]

Abstract

THE CBI PDM Household Survey was conducted in Sri Lanka from March, to April, 2021. 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 forcibly displaced and stateless persons in line with UNHCR's core protection mandate. In order to ensure that the cash assistance provided meets the intended programme objectives and that desired outcomes are achieved, UNHCR conducts regular post-distribution and outcome monitoring with a sample or all of refugee recipients.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Unit of Analysis

Households

Version

Version Description

Version 2.1: Edited, anonymous dataset for licensed distribution.

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 POCs at additional risk?
Markets and prices: Can POCs 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 POC households?
Longer-Term Outcomes: Has the cash assistance helped put POC 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?)

POC = Persons of Concern to UNHCR

Topics

Topic
Livelihood & Social cohesion
Cash Assistance
Domestic Needs/Household Support
Income Generation
Solutions
Basic Needs

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

The survey covers Refugee Centers located in Colombo and Negombo.

Universe

The sample universe includes all urban refugees in Sri Lanka registered to receive cash assistance.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name	Affiliation
UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)	UN

Sampling

Sampling Procedure

The survey's objective was to deliver representative data of all urban refugee households in Sri Lanka that were beneficiaries of UNHCR's Cash-Based Interventions. A random simple sample of 180 urban refugee households was drawn from all urban refugees registered to receive cash assistance (sample frame).

Weighting

Sample weights were calculated for each household as the total number of beneficiaries divided by the total sample size.

Survey instrument

Questionnaires

The questionnaire is a standardized UNHCR questionnaire for Post-Distribution Monitoring of Cash-Based Interventions and some questions were adjusted accordingly to the Sri Lankan context. UNHCR trained all enumerators and the questionnaire was piloted.

Data collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End
2021-03-25	2021-05-06

Data Collectors

Name	Affiliation
UN Refugee Agency	UN

Data Collection Notes

The survey was initially planned to be conducted as a Face-to-Face survey in October 2020. But due to the increase in cases of Covid-19 particularly in the districts where the survey was planned, UNHCR decided to conduct the surveys at set locations in the cities where most of the refugees reside in the Spring 2021.

Due to a surge in the number of Covid-19 cases during data collection, UNHCR had to change the data collection mode from Face-to-Face (118 interviews) to phone interviews (57 interviews) during the last weeks of the data collection (26th April to 6th May 2021).

During the last stage of the data collection, UNHCR invited participants over the phone two days prior to the interview and community mobilizer reached out again one day before the scheduled interview to confirm participation.

Access policy

Citation requirements

UNHCR (2021). Sri Lanka: Post-Distribution Monitoring of Cash-Based Intervention, May 2021. Accessed from: https://microdata.unhcr.org.

Access authority

Name	Affiliation	Email
Curation Team	UNHCR	microdata@unhcr.org

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI_LKA_2021_PDM-CBI_v01_M

Producers

Name	Affiliation	Role
UN Refugee Agency	UN	Documentation of the study
Development Economics Data Group	World Bank	Metadata adapted for Microdata Library

Date of Metadata Production

2021

Metadata version

DDI Document version

Version 01: This metadata was downloaded from the UNHCR Microdata Library catalog (https://microdata.unhcr.org/index.php). The following two metadata fields were edited - Document and Survey ID.

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