Post Distribution Monitoring of Cash Based Interventions, September 2020
Bangladesh, 2020
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BGD_2020_PDM-CBI_v01_M
Post Distribution Monitoring of Cash Based Interventions, September 2020
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Bangladesh | BGD |
Other Household Survey [hh/oth]
This Post-Distribution Monitoring (PDM) was initiated by UNHCR’s Sub-Office in Cox’s Bazar to monitor its distribution of cash to refugees as part of a pilot cash programme, as well as to collect the feedback of refugees on the cash distribution itself. It was designed with built-in COVID-19 prevention measures.
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. Usually the surveys that form the basis of the assessment are conducted soon after the distribution of relief items is completed.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Households
Version
v2.1: Edited, anonymous dataset for licensed distribution.
2021
Scope
Household demographics;
Receiving and spending the cash assistance (basic facts);
Risks and problems: Did people face problems with the CBI? Did the CBI put POCs at additional risk?;
Markets and prices: Can POCs find what they need, and at a price they can afford, in the markets?;
Expenditure: What did people spend the money on?;
Outcomes: What changes is the cash assistance contributing to in POC households?;
Longer-Term Outcomes: Has the cash assistance helped put POC on the pathway to sustainable solutions?;
Accountability to Affected Persons
| Topic |
|---|
| Livelihood & Social cohesion |
| Cash Assistance |
| Domestic Needs/Household Support |
| Income Generation |
| Solutions |
| Basic Needs |
Coverage
9 unions of Cox's Bazar District
The survey universe covered all households subject to CBI in Cox's Bazar 9 districts.
Producers and sponsors
| Name |
|---|
| UNHCR |
Sampling
Gender balanced random sampling with no stratification.
Survey instrument
Questionnaires included:
- Household demographics,
- Receiving and spending the cash assistance (basic facts);
- Risks and problems: Did people face problems with the CBI? Did the CBI put POCs at additional risk?;
- Markets and prices: Can POCs find what they need, and at a price they can afford, in the markets?;
- Expenditure: What did people spend the money on?;
- Outcomes: What changes is the cash assistance contributing to in POC households?;
- Longer-Term Outcomes: Has the cash assistance helped put POC on the pathway to sustainable solutions?;
- Accountability to Affected Persons
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2020-09-22 | 2020-09-28 |
| Name |
|---|
| UNHCR |
For this PDM exercise, due to the limitations placed on the footprint of the humanitarian response in the camps due to COVID-19, the data collection was conducted using phone-based interviews. Four teams of enumerators (each team consisting of 9 enumerators and a team leader) were trained on remote data collection techniques, interview ethics and UNHCR's code of conduct.
Access policy
United Nations Refugee Agency Microdata Library
https://microdata.unhcr.org/index.php/catalog/285
Original Archive Study ID: UNHCR_BGD_2020_PDM_CBI_DDIv1.0
Cost: None
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Curation Team | UNHCR | microdata@unhcr.org |
UNHCR (2021). Post Distribution Monitoring of Cash Based Interventions, September 2020. UNHCR Microdata Library: https://microdata.unhcr.org
Metadata production
DDI_BGD_2020_PDM-CBI_v01_M
| Name |
|---|
| UNHCR |
2021-04-14
Metadata version
Version 1 (April 2021). This version is identical to UNHCR DDI ID: UNHCR_BGD_2020_PDM_CBI_DDIv1.0 except the following edits were made:
- Minor spelling, grammatical, and formatting corrections
- Specified the archive where study is originally stored