CashCast: A podcast from the CALP Network
This occasional podcast from the CALP Network looks in depth at the critical debates in humanitarian cash and voucher assistance (CVA). If you would like to take part or suggest topics for future episodes, get in touch at info@calpnetwork.org. CALP is a global partnership of humanitarian actors engaged in policy, practice and research in CVA.
Episodes
22 episodes
Episode 3.6: Scaling-up the use of CVA
This episode explores the journey of an organization that has embraced cash assistance as a core approach from its inception. It discusses the benefits and challenges associated with starting with a cash-centric mindset and examines the role of...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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28:04
Episode 3.5: Risk: it’s inevitable – so what do we do about it?
This episode examines perceptions and realities surrounding risk in cash and voucher assistance (CVA). It addresses concerns that cash programming is riskier than other forms of aid, explores ways to manage risk effectively, and highlights the ...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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19:56
Episode 3.4: Money matters! Funding for CVA
In this episode we examine the relationship between funding, change, and the expansion of CVA in the humanitarian sector. Guests discuss the role of funding at different stages, from the very beginning through to scale-up.This episode f...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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16:12
Episode 3.3: How to turn an idea into reality? 3 Ps: Policies, processes and partnerships
Turning an idea into reality first requires a clear vision and commitment. In this episode, our guests discuss the process of translating this vision into concrete actions, and ultimately, scaling up the use of cash within an organization. Thre...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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21:34
Episode 3.2: How do we make change happen?
In this episode, we explore the initial steps towards making change happen. Is there a moment of sudden realisation? Does it take a bold commitment from leadership? Or is it driven by other factors? Once change is initiated, what happens next a...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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16:52
3.1. Trailer for CashCast series three - 'Making change happen'
A new season of CashCast is on its way 🎉. Join us for a fresh episode each week over the next five weeks, as our host interviews a wide range of guests.Together, we’ll dive into how change unfolds in the humanitarian sphere, wit...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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3:56
2.6: Will New Technologies Help Deliver More and Better Cash?
Tech brings new opportunities, risks, and dilemmas. Could the combination of technology and cash bring transformative change and finally make aid more people-centered? What are the risks and what are the opportunities?Host: Karen Peachey...
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Episode 6
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30:00
2.5: Is Large-scale Cash Compatible with Locally Led Response?
This episode challenges the idea that locally led response and large-scale CVA are incompatible. We explore the myths around local actors and the barriers to further progress. Host: Karen PeacheyGuests: Ahmed Ibrahim, Chris ...
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Episode 5
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22:54
2.4: Can Cash Make the Humanitarian System More Accountable?
In this episode we explore accountability issues within the humanitarian system, their root causes and potential solutions. We ask if cash and voucher assistance has a part to play in improving accountability, and what that could look like....
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Episode 4
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25:00
2.3: Is Cash the Key to More People Centred Aid?
What does people-centered aid look like in practice, particularly when we think about cash and voucher assistance? What makes people centred aid different or is just a new buzz phrase? Have we been here before? Host: Karen Peachey<...
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Episode 3
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25:32
2.2: How Can We Unlock its Real Potential?
If cash is going to reach its full potential and transform the humanitarian system, what changes need to happen first? Host: Karen PeacheyGuests: Meg Sattler and Innocent Tshilombo
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Episode 2
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26:45
2.1: Can Cash Change the Humanitarian System?
Does cash have the potential to help transform the humanitarian system and become better at responding to the needs and preferences of people in crisis? Host: Karen PeacheyGuest: Christina Bennett
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Episode 1
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24:56
1.8 (Sp): Las transferencias monetarias: alcanzando a las personas en movimiento en las Américas
En este episodio exploramos junto a expertos en el tema, cuáles son los desafíos existentes, además de las oportunidades e innovaciones necesarias para que la implementación de los programas de transferencias monetarias (PTM) respondan a las ne...
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46:21
1.8 (En): CVA: catching up with people on the move in the Americas
In this episode we explore with experts the topic of humanitarian responses in contexts of human mobility. We discuss the challenges as well as the opportunities and innovations that exist when it comes toto effectively delivering recipient cen...
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36:13
1.7: How can we use cash and voucher assistance to support universal health goals?
In episode 7, we discuss how health needs, and the provision of health services, in humanitarian response works and where using Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) may help. What we know already is that CVA may be used for health outcomes b...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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32:11
1.6 (En): Are we ready to use cash and voucher assistance to prepare for crises in Latin America and the Caribbean?
According to UNOCHA, between 2000 and 2019, 152 million people in Latin America and ...
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Episode 7
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20:24
1.6 (Sp): ¿Estamos listos para usar las transferencias monetarias para prepararnos para las crisis en América Latina y el Caribe?
En este sexto episodio de CashCast exploramos esta pregunta junto a expertos, con años de experiencia en la región, para analizar las potenciales oportunidades, los beneficios y desafíos de vincular la protección social y las transferencias mon...
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Episode 6
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33:17
1.5: A Short History of Cash and Voucher Assistance
In this episode we take a look back over the evolution of cash and voucher assistance (CVA) and then leap forward to explore where it’s going next.15 years ago, the use of CVA was still seen as a fringe activity limited ...
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55:43
1.4. How to link social protection and humanitarian CVA: What do we really know and where to start?
In this episode of the CashCast, we explore how to Link Social Protection and Humanitarian Cash and Voucher Assistance. We recorded this episode following the release of the High-Level Briefing Paper on Linking Social Protection a...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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31:18
1.3. What does the future of financial assistance mean for your work today?
Last year CaLP published the Future of Financial Assistance report, laying out potential scenarios for humanitarian action in 2030. But in a rapidly chang...
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20:55
1.2. Is informed consent possible in humanitarian CVA?
In this episode we tackle the issue of data responsibility in humanitarian cash and voucher assistance (CVA), exploring questions around informed consent, legitimate interest, ethics and regulations including GDPR. Featuring Amos Doornbos, Lind...
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32:12
1.1. Will risk aversion hold us back from realising the potential of CVA?
On the first episode, we are in Amman, Jordan, joined by Nicholas Nichol, our MENA Regional Representative and Volker Schimmel, Senior Regional Cash-Based Interventions Coordinator for UNHCR who will help us answer the question: will risk avers...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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