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Provision of Cash Transfers for Urban Poor People Living in Informal Settlements in Response to COVID-19

  • Funded by Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), GiveDirectly
  • Total publications:0 publications

Grant number: US-EIN-27-1661997-Kenya-COVID19-FCDO-2020

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    2020
    2020

  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $6,448,640.75

  • Funder

    Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), GiveDirectly

  • Principal Investigator

    N/A

  • Research Location

    N/A

  • Lead Research Institution

    N/A

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Secondary impacts of disease, response & control measures

  • Research Subcategory

    Social impacts

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Not applicable

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

The project provides emergency cash relief to vulnerable people in urban and peri-urban areas of Kenya suffering severe hardship as a result of COVID-19. This is based on work GiveDirectly launched early in 2020 (an inclusive, remote, emergency cash assistance response program where recipients were targeted through partnerships with trusted CBOs). The project provides each recipient with 3,000 KES (~£22) per month for four months. This transfer size was designed to enable recipients to avoid the worst economic consequences of COVID-19, while enabling the program to reach as many vulnerable households as possible.