Humanitarian Exchange Magazine
Number 65 November 2015
http://odihpn.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/HE_65_web.pdf
The crisis in Iraq

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Human trafficking in crises: a neglected protection concern
by Laura Lungarotti, Sarah Craggs and Agnes Tillinac

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Connecting humanitarian actors and displaced communities: the IDP call centre in Iraq
by Gemma Woods and Sarah Mace

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Unleashing the multi-purpose power of cash
by Su’ad Jarbawi
Iraq is an upper middle-income country with high literacy rates, sound infrastructure, functioning markets and a comprehensive hawala cash transfer network covering all 18 governorates, making it an appropriate context for cash transfer programmes. Despite this, cash transfers have been on the periphery of the Iraq humanitarian response. As of the last Humanitarian Response Plan in June 2015, cash transfer programmes (both conditional and unconditional) constituted only 3% of the total funding appeal of $497.9 million

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Hello, money: the impact of technology and e-money in the Nepal earthquake response
by Erik Johnson, Glenn Hughson and Alesh Brown
On 30 April 2015, five days after the massive earthquake in Nepal, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) hosted humanitarian agencies in the UN com-pound to start what came to be known as the Cash Coordination Group (CCG). Four working groups were established, focusing on geographical mapping of which agencies were doing cash and where; market analysis; analysis and comparison of financial service providers; and standardising transfer amounts. This article, written by three members of the CCG, highlights learning on market analysis through the use of a mobile application, the identification and use of financial service providers and e-cash.

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Using participatory tools to assess remittances in disasters
by Loic Le De, J. C. Gaillard and Wardlow Friesen
In many low-income countries, remittances help to sustain people’s livelihoods and reduce their vulnerability to disasters. However, most studies on this topic are short-term and rely on econometric methods and analysis. Research suggests that aid agencies are aware of the importance of remittances in disasters, but rarely consider them within their relief actions and recovery programmes since their understanding of such mechanisms is generally very limited. Drawing on fieldwork in Samoa, this article concludes that participatory methods, despite some limitations and challenges, contribute to a better understanding of the complexity of remittances and their importance in people’s livelihoods following disaster.