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Post-Distribution Monitoring of Cash-Based Intervention, May 2021

Sri Lanka, 2021
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UNHCR_LKA_2021_CBI_PDM
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    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    UNHCR_LKA_2021_CBI_PDM
    Title

    Post-Distribution Monitoring of Cash-Based Intervention, May 2021
    Country
    Name Country code
    Sri Lanka LKA
    Abstract

    THE CBI PDM Household Survey was conducted in Sri Lanka from March, to April, 2021. 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. UNHCR increasingly uses Cash-Based Interventions (CBIs) as a preferred modality for delivering assistance, offering greater dignity and choice to forcibly displaced and stateless persons in line with UNHCR's core protection mandate. In order to ensure that the cash assistance provided meets the intended programme objectives and that desired outcomes are achieved, UNHCR conducts regular post-distribution and outcome monitoring with a sample or all of refugee recipients.
    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]
    Unit of Analysis

    Households

    Version

    Version Description

    v2.1: Edited, anonymous dataset for licensed distribution.

    Scope

    Notes

    The household survey covers the following sections:

    1. Household demographics
    2. Receiving and spending the cash assistance (basic facts)
    3. Risks and problems: Did people face problems with the CBI? Did the CBI put POCs at additional risk?
    4. Markets and prices: Can POCs find what they need, and at a price they can afford, in the markets?
    5. Expenditure: What did people spend the money on?
    6. Outcomes: What changes is the cash assistance contributing to in POC households?
    7. Longer-Term Outcomes: Has the cash assistance helped put POC on the pathway to sustainable solutions?
    8. Accountability to Affected Persons: Is the CBI intervention accountable to persons of concern? (What preferences do people have over how assistance is delivered?)

    POC = Persons of Concern to UNHCR
    Topics
    Topic
    Livelihood & Social cohesion
    Cash Assistance
    Domestic Needs/Household Support
    Income Generation
    Solutions
    Basic Needs

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    The survey covers Refugee Centers located in Colombo and Negombo.
    Universe

    The sample universe includes all urban refugees in Sri Lanka registered to receive cash assistance.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    UNHCR

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    The survey's objective was to deliver representative data of all urban refugee households in Sri Lanka that were beneficiaries of UNHCR's Cash-Based Interventions. A random simple sample of 180 urban refugee households was drawn from all urban refugees registered to receive cash assistance (sample frame).
    Weighting

    Sample weights were calculated for each household as the total number of beneficiaries divided by the total sample size.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2021-03-25 2021-05-06
    Data Collectors
    Name
    UNHCR
    Data Collection Notes

    The survey was initially planned to be conducted as a Face-to-Face survey in October 2020. But due to the increase in cases of Covid-19 particularly in the districts where the survey was planned, UNHCR decided to conduct the surveys at set locations in the cities where most of the refugees reside in the Spring 2021.

    Due to a surge in the number of Covid-19 cases during data collection, UNHCR had to change the data collection mode from Face-to-Face (118 interviews) to phone interviews (57 interviews) during the last weeks of the data collection (26th April to 6th May 2021).
    During the last stage of the data collection, UNHCR invited participants over the phone two days prior to the interview and community mobilizer reached out again one day before the scheduled interview to confirm participation.

    The questionnaire is a standardized UNHCR questionnaire for Post-Distribution Monitoring of Cash-Based Interventions and some questions were adjusted accordingly to the Sri Lankan context. UNHCR trained all enumerators and the questionnaire was piloted.

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation Email
    Curation Team UNHCR microdata@unhcr.org
    Citation requirements

    UNHCR (2021). Sri Lanka: Post-Distribution Monitoring of Cash-Based Intervention, May 2021. Accessed from: https://microdata.unhcr.org.

    Metadata production

    Producers
    Name
    UNHCR
    Date of Metadata Production

    2021

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    v1.0
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