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Post-Distribution Monitoring of Cash-Based Intervention, March 2020, February 2021

South Africa, 2020 - 2021
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Reference ID
ZAF_2020_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
Study website
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Mar 31, 2022
Last modified
Apr 13, 2022
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Identification

Survey ID Number
ZAF_2020_PDM-CBI_v01_M
Title
Post-Distribution Monitoring of Cash-Based Intervention, March 2020, February 2021
Country/Economy
Name Country code
South Africa ZAF
Study type
Other Household Survey [hh/oth]
Abstract
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. To ensure the cash assistance provided meets the intended programme objectives and that desired outcomes are achieved, UNHCR and its partners conduct regular post-distribution and outcome monitoring. Post-Distribution Monitoring (PDM) is a mechanism to collect feedback on the quality, sufficiency, utilization and effectiveness of assistance. 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.

In 2020, through its partners Adonis Musati Project, Future Families, Refugee Social Services and Hand in Hand Development, UNHCR Southern African Multi-Country Office (SAMCO) provided multi-purpose cash (including for food, accommodation, household and hygiene items) to the most vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa for a limited period of time (1 - 3 months) per individual, however, assistance could be extended after a re-assessment. The aim of the assistance was to focus essentially on life-saving and life-sustaining measures to vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers' needs. The CBI PDM was implemented by the partners after the intervention in their area was complete.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
Households

Version

Version Description
Version 2.1: Edited, anonymous dataset for public distribution

Scope

Notes
The PDM covered the following topics:
- beneficiary details and household demographics
- receiving and spending the cash assistance
- risks and problems
- markets and prices
- expenditure
- medium-term outcomes
- longer-term outcomes
- accountability
Topics
Topic
Cash Assistance
Basic Needs

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
National coverage

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name Affiliation
UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) UN

Sampling

Sampling Procedure
Random sample of 1502 beneficiary households out of 9,936 households (or 49,684 individuals) who received cash from UNHCR

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End
2020-03-17 2021-02-05
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Data Collectors
Name
Adonis Musati Project
Future Families
Refugee Social Services
Hand in Hand Development

Access policy

Citation requirements
UNHCR (2021). South Africa - Post-Distribution Monitoring of Cash-Based Interventions, Mar 2020 - Feb 2021. Accessed from https://microdata.unhcr.org.
Access authority
Name Affiliation Email
Curation Team UNHCR microdata@unhcr.org

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
DDI_ZAF_2020_PDM-CBI_v01_M
Producers
Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
UN Refugee Agency UNHCR UN Documentation of the study
Development Economics Data Group DECDG World Bank Metadata adapted for Microdata Library
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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