Feasibility study on a capital-based income generation scheme for ...

CASH FOR RECOVERY
Appendix 1: Terms of reference 1
Project:
Capital Transfers in the Tsunami-affected Region (D0215)
Project Manager: Paul Harvey, Research Fellow
Consultant:
Bernd Schubert, Lead Consultant for the Sri Lanka Study
Period: 26 October 2005 to 15 January 2006
Chargeable time: Up to 40 days
Introduction
ODI/HPG has been contracted by Save the Children to conduct in-depth feasibility studies
in Sri Lanka and India which will research and set out the potential benefits and risks
associated with implementing significant capital-transfers direct to beneficiaries as a core
component of rehabilitation and recovery interventions, as well as recommendations and
timetables for actions, if appropriate.
The HPG team
The <strong>study</strong> will be led by Paul Harvey, an HPG Research Fellow. Support will be provided by
Kevin Savage an HPG Research Officer. Two lead consultants will be hired for Sri Lanka
and India. For India, the <strong>study</strong> will be led by Priya Deshingkar, an ODI Research Fellow, a
social scientist with strong experience in action research on livelihoods. Sonya LeJeune will
be working with Priya in India in the capacity of a household economy consultant. In Sri
Lanka, the <strong>study</strong> will be led by Bernd Schubert, a consultant with extensive experience in the
fields of food security and social protection. He has recently been engaged with a
Department for International Development/Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische
Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) cash assistance programme in Zambia. Dr Schubert also has
extensive experience in workshop moderation and project management training which will
be extremely useful in the development of action plans. Simon Levine will work with Dr
Schubert in Sri Lanka as a consultant on household economy assessment.
ODI would also aim to work with local research and consultancy capacity in India and Sri
Lanka. Priya Deshingkar will be well placed to identify possible Indian partners as she is
based in India. ODI is already working with local consultants in Sri Lanka as part of the
Tsunami Cash Learning Project and for a <strong>study</strong> on the role of remittances in crises.
Research approach
The feasibility studies will need to address whether cash transfer programmes would be
appropriate, cost effective, politically and administratively feasible and have positive impacts
on people’s livelihoods. If cash transfers are seen as appropriate, action plans providing
technical advice on the key programming decisions and challenges will also be developed.
Political feasibility: Are large-scale cash transfer programmes politically feasible? A first
step is to assess whether cash transfer programmes are possible within the current political
framework for tsunami reconstruction in both countries. How would they fit into current
government reconstruction policies and would permission to implement such projects be
possible? This would involve discussions, in close co-operation with Save the Children
management, with government officials at national, regional and local levels.
1 This report is part of a two-country feasibility <strong>study</strong> on the use of cash transfers for rehabilitation after the
tsunami. While the terms of reference followed in both countries (India and Sri Lanka) were the same, separate
reports were written for each country.
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