This document outlines lessons learned from a joint UNHCR/WFP project in Cameroon with the aim to, with Financial Service Providers (FSPs), identify and mitigate the risks of abuse of power in cash assistance, including through mobile money, e-vouchers and cash in hand.
Conducted in December 2018, the mission engaged in discussions on possible risks and mitigation measures with FSPs, national regulators and members of the humanitarian cash working group. A field mission was conducted to Timangolo and Kette in the East to get first hand perceptions among assisted populations and field staff. The mission concluded with a roundtable in which the key recommendations were discussed with partners from the private sector (banks, mobile money providers), public sector (government, central bank) and the humanitarian/ development sector (donors, the World Bank, national and international humanitarian organizations).
