Post Distribution Monitoring of Cash Based Interventions, September 2020
Bangladesh, 2020
UNHCR
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Identification
Survey ID Number
BGD_2020_PDM-CBI_v01_M
Title
Post Distribution Monitoring of Cash Based Interventions, September 2020
Country
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Bangladesh | BGD |
Study type
Other Household Survey [hh/oth]
Abstract
This Post-Distribution Monitoring (PDM) was initiated by UNHCR’s Sub-Office in Cox’s Bazar to monitor its distribution of cash to refugees as part of a pilot cash programme, as well as to collect the feedback of refugees on the cash distribution itself. It was designed with built-in COVID-19 prevention measures.
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. Usually the surveys that form the basis of the assessment are conducted soon after the distribution of relief items is completed.
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. Usually the surveys that form the basis of the assessment are conducted soon after the distribution of relief items is completed.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
Households
Version
Version Description
v2.1: Edited, anonymous dataset for licensed distribution.
Version Date
2021
Scope
Notes
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
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
Topics
| Topic |
|---|
| Livelihood & Social cohesion |
| Cash Assistance |
| Domestic Needs/Household Support |
| Income Generation |
| Solutions |
| Basic Needs |
Keywords
| Keyword |
|---|
| Rohingya Refugee Response |
| Bangladesh |
| Cash Based Interventio |
| PDM |
| Cox's Bazaar |
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
9 unions of Cox's Bazar District
Universe
The survey universe covered all households subject to CBI in Cox's Bazar 9 districts.
Producers and sponsors
Primary investigators
| Name |
|---|
| UNHCR |
Sampling
Sampling Procedure
Gender balanced random sampling with no stratification.
Data Collection
Dates of Data Collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2020-09-22 | 2020-09-28 |
Data Collection Mode
Computer Assisted Telephone Interview [cati]
Data Collection Notes
For this PDM exercise, due to the limitations placed on the footprint of the humanitarian response in the camps due to COVID-19, the data collection was conducted using phone-based interviews. Four teams of enumerators (each team consisting of 9 enumerators and a team leader) were trained on remote data collection techniques, interview ethics and UNHCR's code of conduct.
Data Collectors
| Name |
|---|
| UNHCR |
Questionnaires
Questionnaires
Questionnaires included:
- 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
- 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
Access policy
Access authority
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Curation Team | UNHCR | microdata@unhcr.org |
Citation requirements
UNHCR (2021). Post Distribution Monitoring of Cash Based Interventions, September 2020. UNHCR Microdata Library: https://microdata.unhcr.org
Archive where study is originally stored
United Nations Refugee Agency Microdata Library
https://microdata.unhcr.org/index.php/catalog/285
Original Archive Study ID: UNHCR_BGD_2020_PDM_CBI_DDIv1.0
Cost: None
https://microdata.unhcr.org/index.php/catalog/285
Original Archive Study ID: UNHCR_BGD_2020_PDM_CBI_DDIv1.0
Cost: None
Metadata production
DDI Document ID
DDI_BGD_2020_PDM-CBI_v01_M
Producers
| Name |
|---|
| UNHCR |
Date of Metadata Production
2021-04-14
DDI Document version
Version 1 (April 2021). This version is identical to UNHCR DDI ID: UNHCR_BGD_2020_PDM_CBI_DDIv1.0 except the following edits were made:
- Minor spelling, grammatical, and formatting corrections
- Specified the archive where study is originally stored
- Minor spelling, grammatical, and formatting corrections
- Specified the archive where study is originally stored