15 September 2015 14:00 – 15:30 (GMT+01), in London and streamed onlineCash transfers can be more efficient, more transparent, more accountable and better for recipients than in kind aid. But cash and vouchers remain just 6% of all humanitarian aid.
Why is it taking so long to move towards a more cash-based system? What are the barriers to scaling up the use of cash transfers and how can these be overcome? What role can the private sector play?
With short talks by leading thinkers and experts, this event will seek to chart out a path for scaling up humanitarian cash transfers. It launches a new ODI report by a high level panel of experts, commissioned by the UK’s Department for International Development.
Speakers:
David Miliband – President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee (via video-link)
Owen Barder – Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Development and chair of the High Level Panel on Humanitarian Cash Transfers
Degan Ali – Executive Director of Adeso
Michael Faye – Co-founder and Executive Chairman of GiveDirectly and CEO and co-founder of Segovia Technology, member of the High Level Panel
Claus Sørensen – Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO), member of the High Level Panel
Chair:
Rajesh Mirchandani – Senior Director of Communications and Policy Outreach at the Center for Global Development
To register for this event please visit the event webpage. You can also follow #CashPanel on Twitter for live coverage.
