This document outlines lessons learned from a joint UNHCR-WFP project in Rwanda aimed at identifying and mitigating the risks of imbalance of power in cash assistance. The cash transfer mechanism reviewed during the project was a bank card, proposed to the overwhelming majority of refugees receiving cash assistance.
Conducted in March 2019, the UNHCR-WFP mission engaged a wide range of stakeholders, including financial service providers (FSPs), the central bank and other government entities, the national payment switch, development actors, and humanitarian organisations. The UNHCR-WFP mission held consultations in Kigali and with cash recipients in Gihembe and Kigeme refugee camps where both agencies operate.
