Creating an institutional ecosystem for cash transfer programmes in post-disaster settings: A case from Indonesia

Area of Science:

• Disaster Management
• Humanitarian Aid
• Socio-economics

Background:

• Humanitarian actors increasingly use cash transfers to support disaster survivors and in response to pandemics like COVID-19.
• Understanding the implementation of humanitarian cash transfers by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and governments in post-disaster settings is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

• To explore institutional constraints and opportunities in effective humanitarian cash transfer implementation.
• To understand how humanitarian actors address these institutional challenges.

Main Methods:

• Exploratory research strategy.
• Mixed methods and multistage research, collecting and analyzing primary and secondary data.

Main Results:

• Introduced the 'humanitarian and disaster management ecosystem for cash transfer' framework.
• Identified the need to restore state-citizen relations before engaging the private sector for economic recovery.

Conclusions:

• NGOs must co-create response ecosystems to restore access to cash and basic needs for disaster survivors.
• Restoring state-citizen relations is a prerequisite for linking at-risk communities with the private sector to stimulate local economies.