Cash-based Responses in Emergencies: A Reply to Harvey

摘要

Ithink that Paul's and my views are convergent on the need to be context-specific and base transfer selection on appropriate analysis, fi good starting point. However, there are some compelling issues on which our views diverge. First, I am not convinced by a line of argument that implicitly makes food aid inappropriate because it is the dominant or default in humanitarian emergencies: in many such emergencies, food is the most appropriate response, be that by default or otherwise, If we exclude theunique post-Tsunami experience, the evidence base for cash in emergencies is somehow sparse and shows mixed results.