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GiveDirectly Pilot for Unconditional Cash Grants to Ugandan Refugees

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  • date_range Oct 01, 2017 - Sep 30, 2018
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A $3.4M pilot project delivering large cash transfers to ~4,400 protracted refugees and host community households in Uganda. This program delivered transfers of ~$660 to households living in extreme poverty in both refugee and local, host communities. The program was implemented in Uganda: home to over a million refugees, and also some of the world’s most progressive policies towards them. In Ugandas, refugees have the right to work, set up businesses, and are given small plots of land on which to live and farm. As such, it provided the opportunity to test the impact of large, unrestricted cash transfers, in an environment where refugees have relative freedom to invest them.

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Sectors:
  • Multisector aid

Participating Organisations

UK - Department for International Development (DFID) Government Funding
GiveDirectly International NGO Implementing
GiveDirectly International NGO Accountable

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Budget

3,461,408 USD
  • 3,461,408 USD (Valued at Sep 11, 2018)
    date_range Oct 01, 2017 - Sep 30, 2018
access_time Updated on May 27, 2021 14:09:12