Eastern Region: Post-Distribution Monitoring of Cash-Based Interventions 2020 - Afghanistan

Abstract
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Cash-based Interventions (CBIs) are a dignified form of assistance, giving recipients the ability to immediately prioritise and address their needs for food, shelter/accommodation, and other necessities. CBIs also directly complement community protection measures and support the local economy and can contribute to peaceful coexistence within and across communities. UNHCR Afghanistan has used cash-based interventions for several years for a wide range of purposes, including voluntary repatriation, basic needs, community-based protection, and livelihoods among others. UNHCR seeks to improve cash programming by regularly and systematically collecting information through post-distribution monitoring (PDM) on several aspects related to UNHCR’s CBIs including efficiency of cash delivery, access to markets, use of cash, unmet needs and coping strategies. Findings are expected to help UNHCR to improve the way the CBIs are designed and delivered.

This PDM covers two CBI programmes delivered by UNHCR in in the Eastern Region of Afghanistan in 2020, cash for protection and cash for shelter. Cash for protection was designed to support households with specific protection profiles to cope with the socio-economic consequences of COVID-19 and avoid harmful coping strategies. Cash for shelter was designed to support vulnerable households with conditional cash grants to construct safe and dignified shelter. While the programmes were carried out countrywide, supporting 13,792 households with cash for protection and 506 with cash for shelter, the Eastern Region supported the largest number of CBI recipients. As such, this region was prioritized for the PDM data collection which took place in Kunar, Laghman, Nangarhar, and Nuristan provinces.

Geographic coverage
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Kunar, Laghman, Nangarhar, and Nuristan provinces in the Eastern Region

Analysis unit
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Households

Universe
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persons of concern to UNHCR who received cash as part of UNHCR's CBI to support shelther and protection needs

Kind of data
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Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure
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Simple random sampling

Mode of data collection
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Computer Assisted Telephone Interview [cati]

摘要
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基于现金的干预措施（CBIs）是一种尊严的援助形式，使受助者能够立即优先考虑并解决其对于食物、住宿及其他必需品的需要。CBIs 还可直接补充社区保护措施，支持当地经济，并有助于社区内部及社区之间的和平共处。联合国阿富汗难民署（UNHCR）已连续数年利用基于现金的干预措施，用于多种目的，包括自愿遣返、基本需求、基于社区的防护以及生计等。UNHCR 致力于通过定期和系统地收集与 UNHCR 的 CBIs 相关的信息来改善现金项目，包括现金发放效率、市场准入、现金使用、未满足的需求和应对策略等。预期这些发现将有助于 UNHCR 改进 CBIs 的设计和执行方式。

本 PDM 涵盖了 2020 年联合国阿富汗难民署在阿富汗东部地区实施的两个 CBI 项目，即保护现金和住宿现金。保护现金旨在支持具有特定保护特征的户以应对 COVID-19 的社会经济后果，并避免有害的应对策略。住宿现金旨在通过有条件的现金赠款支持脆弱户构建安全且尊严的住所。尽管这些项目在全国范围内实施，支持了 13,792 户保护现金和 506 户住宿现金，但东部地区支持了最多的 CBI 受益者。因此，该地区被优先考虑进行 PDM 数据收集，数据收集发生在昆都士、拉格曼、纳nger哈尔和努尔斯坦省。

地理覆盖范围
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阿富汗东部地区的昆都士、拉格曼、纳nger哈尔和努尔斯坦省

分析单位
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家庭

总体
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联合国阿富汗难民署关注的、作为 UNHCR 的 CBI 部分以支持住所和保护需求而收到现金的个人

数据类型
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样本调查数据 [ssd]

抽样程序
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简单随机抽样

数据收集方式
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计算机辅助电话访谈 [cati]