Post-Distribution Monitoring of Cash-Based Intervention, April 2021 - Tajikistan

Abstract
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THE CBI PDM Household Survey was conducted in Tajikistan between February, to April, 2021. Tajikistan hosts the largest number of refugees in Central Asia, predominantly from neighbouring Afghanistan. While some progress has been achieved in areas such as access to health and education for refugees, livelihoods and self-reliance, though, continue to pose a challenge. As the result of Covid-19, refugees faced a myriad of challenges, including the loss of daily incomes and livelihoods to cover basic needs such as rent, food and health care. For refugees in Tajikistan, who largely rely on daily work, the impact of Covid 19 has been devastating as it has led to widespread unemployment. As a response measure, UNHCR jointly with its NGO partner provided Covid-19 cash assistance to 414 refugee households over the course of six months (July-December 2020). The results from this survey suggest that cash assistance provided as an immediate measure to support vulnerable refugee households during the Covid-19 pandemic has had a positive impact on the lives of the respondents. Cash assistance predominantly has been spent to cover food, medicines and rent costs.

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.

Geographic coverage
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The survey is conducted in Bokhtar, Dushanbe, J. Rasulov, Rudaki and Vahdat.

Analysis unit
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Households

Universe
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The sample universe includes all beneficiaries subject to the Cash-Based Intervention.

Kind of data
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Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure
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The survey's objective was to deliver representative data of all refugee households that were beneficiaries of Cash-Based Interventions implemented in 2021 as a response to Covid-19. The total number of households that received Cash-Based Interventions in 2021 was 419 households. For this survey, a simple random sample design was applied. The total sample size was 90 refugee households.

Mode of data collection
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Computer Assisted Telephone Interview [cati]

摘要
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CBI PDM 家庭调查于 2021 年 2 月至 4 月在塔吉克斯坦进行。塔吉克斯坦是中亚容纳难民数量最多的国家，其中大部分难民来自邻近的阿富汗。尽管在难民获得医疗和教育、生计和自给自足等方面取得了一些进展，但这些领域仍然面临挑战。由于新冠疫情的影响，难民面临诸多困难，包括失去日常收入，无法支付基本生活费用，如租金、食物和医疗保健。对于主要依靠日工的塔吉克斯坦难民而言，新冠疫情的影响是灾难性的，因为它导致了广泛失业。作为应对措施，联合国难民署（UNHCR）与其非政府组织合作伙伴在 2020 年 7 月至 12 月期间，向 414 个难民家庭提供了为期六个月的现金援助。该调查的结果表明，在新冠疫情期间，为脆弱难民家庭提供的即时现金援助对受访者的生活产生了积极影响。现金援助主要用于支付食物、药品和租金费用。

联合国难民署利用分配后监测（PDM）机制来收集难民对其收到的援助物品的质量、充足性、使用效果和有效性的反馈。该过程的根本原则与问责制以及致力于提高提供的支持和相关服务的质量和相关性密切相关。联合国难民署越来越多地采用基于现金的干预（CBIs）作为提供援助的首选方式，这为被迫流离失所和无国籍人士提供了与联合国难民署核心保护使命相符的更大尊严和选择。为了确保提供的现金援助符合预期的项目目标并实现预期的结果，联合国难民署对受助难民样本或全部受助难民进行了定期的分配后和结果监测。

地理覆盖范围
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调查在博赫塔尔、杜尚别、贾·拉苏洛夫、鲁达基和瓦哈达等地进行。

分析单元
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家庭

总体
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样本总体包括所有接受基于现金干预的受益人。

数据类型
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样本调查数据 [ssd]

抽样程序
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调查的目的是提供 2021 年为应对新冠疫情而实施的基于现金干预的难民家庭的代表性数据。2021 年接受基于现金干预的家庭总数为 419 户。对于此次调查，采用了简单随机抽样设计。总样本量为 90 户难民家庭。

数据收集方式
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计算机辅助电话访谈 [cati]