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Abdoulie Fye, Umar Kabanda,  Nakkazi Sheila Christine, Disaster Response and Cash Transfer for Household’s Economic Resilience in Uganda, ASIO Journal of Humanities, Management & Social Sciences Invention (ASIO-JHMSSI), 2023, 9(1): 01-06.

Abdoulie Fye1*, Dr Umar Kabanda2, Nakkazi Sheila Christine3

1Director of Programmes and Operations, The Gambia Red Cross Society, and Rapid Response (Surge) Member of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Deployed in Uganda 2022; 

2 Research Associate Economic Policy Research Centre – Uganda; 
Mail Id: kabandaumar97@gmail.com; Contact No: +256777094001

3 Intern Economic Policy Research Centre – Uganda; 
Mail Id: sheilanakkazi@gmail.com; Contact No: +256781461836

Doi : 10.2016-14781119; DOI Link :: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/05.2023-63538829/ASIO-JHMSSI/10.2016-14781119/V9/I1/752

ABSTRACT:-

This policy brief demonstrates how cash transfers could provide a viable economic solution for households’ resilience among survivors of natural disasters in Uganda. Although the primary disaster in Uganda is flooding, majority of Ugandans also experience landslides, earthquakes, epidemics, pandemics, and storms. All of these have a long-term effect on survivors of natural disasters thus necessitating alternative pathways for economic sustainability in disaster-prone communities. At the national level, the Ministry of Gender, Labor, and Social Development (MGLSD) launched a cash transfer program for chronically poor households and the funding was provided from the Department for International Development (DFID). The cash transfer program among households, is hoped to enable households with persistent poverty to improve consumption and make communities resilient to economic hardships. However, disaster prone communities require a more customized cash transfer intervention.  Succinctly, the case study of The Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) with support of the German Red Cross, and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in strategising for disaster response action, provide evidence on impact of cash transfer among disaster survivors. This adds to the national cash transfer plan and demonstrates how communities can be made more resilient to disaster effects. This policy brief therefore presents cash transfers as a viable option to help disaster-affected households and people to increase recovery by developing economic resilience.

Key Words: Cash Transfer, Disaster, Economic Resilience, Households, Policy, Response.