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Post-Distribution Monitoring of Cash-Based Interventions (Multi-Purpose Cash Grant), April 2020

Syrian Arab Republic, 2020
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Reference ID
SYR_2020_PDM-MPCG-APR_v01_M
Producer(s)
UNHCR
Collection(s)
United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Dec 14, 2022
Last modified
Dec 14, 2022
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Identification

Survey ID Number
SYR_2020_PDM-MPCG-APR_v01_M
Title
Post-Distribution Monitoring of Cash-Based Interventions (Multi-Purpose Cash Grant), April 2020
Country/Economy
Name Country code
Syrian Arab Republic SYR
Abstract
Most refugees live in environments where they have access to markets and services in the same way that local communities do. Providing refugees with cash enables them to fulfil their needs in a dignified manner and contributes to the local economy. UNHCR uses cash-based interventions (CBI) to provide protection, assistance, and services to the most vulnerable. Cash and vouchers help the displaced meet a variety of needs, including access to food, water, healthcare, shelter, that allow them to build and support livelihoods, and to facilitate voluntary repatriation.

Refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced and other vulnerable populations receive cash assistance through collaborative cash systems in which UNHCR works in close partnership with governments, the private sector, UN agencies, community-based and local partners and development actors.

UNHCR started a corporate Post-Distribution Monitoring (PDM) process to review the use and effectiveness of cash assistance provided by UNHCR and its partners. PDM semi-standardized questionnaires assess the adequacy of cash programmes, and results inform programme changes at the country level in order to improve CBI design and delivery.
Unit of Analysis
Household

Version

Version Description
v2.1: Edited, cleaned and anonymised data.
Version Date
2022-06-18

Scope

Notes
The scope includes:
1. Household demographics
2. Receiving and spending the cash assistance (basic facts)
3. Risks and problems: Did people face problems with the CBI? Did the CBI put POCs at additional risk?
4. Markets and prices: Can they find what they need, and at a price they can afford, in the markets?
5. Expenditure: What did they spend the money on?
6. Outcomes: What changes is the cash assistance contributing to the households?
7. Longer-Term Outcomes: Has the cash assistance helped them on the pathway to sustainable solutions?
8. 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
Income Generation
Domestic Needs/Household Support
Basic Needs
Keywords
Keyword
CBI
PDM
Cash-Based Interventions
Post-Distribution Monitoring

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
National.
Universe
All population of concern to UNHCR who have been recepients of cash-based interventions.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name
UNHCR

Sampling

Sampling Procedure
The survey's objective was to deliver representative data of households receiving a cash-based intervention in Sirya. The total number of households receiving the cash-based intervention was around 5000. A total of 382 households were interviewed.
Weighting
A weight was calculating the population size by the sample size.

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End
2020-04-14 2020-06-04
Data Collection Mode
Other [oth]
Data Collectors
Name
UNHCR

Questionnaires

Questionnaires
The questionnaire contained the following sections: Interviewee details and household demographics, Receiving and spending the cash assistance, Risks and problems, Markets and prices, Expenditure, Outcomes, Accountability

Access policy

Contacts
Name Affiliation Email
Curation team UNHCR microdata@unhcr.org
Citation requirements
UNHCR (2020). Syrian Arab Republic: Post-Distribution Monitoring of Cash-Based Interventions (Multi-Purpose Cash Grant), April 2020. Accessed from: https://microdata.unhcr.org
Archive where study is originally stored
United Nations Refugee Agency Microdata Library
https://microdata.unhcr.org/index.php/catalog/683
Original Archive Study ID: UNHCR_SYR_2020_PDM_MPCG_APRIL_v2.1
Cost: None

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
DDI_SYR_2020_PDM-MPCG-APR_v01_M
Producers
Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
UNHCR
Development Data Group DECDG World Bank Metadata adapted for World Bank Microdata Library
Date of Metadata Production
2022-06-18
DDI Document version
Version 1 (December 2022). This version is identical to UNHCR DDI ID: UNHCR_SYR_2020_PDM_MPCG_APRIL_v2.1, except the following edits were made:
-Document ID and Survey ID,
- Minor formatting corrections
- Specified the archive where study is originally stored
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