Finding Economic Opportunity in the City. Lessons from IRC’s Cash and Livelihoods Programmes in Cities within Lebanon and Jordan
▻https://www.rescue.org/sites/default/files/document/916/findingeconomicopportunityinthecityircweb.pdf
#urban_refugees #Liban #réfugiés_urbains #Jordanie #réfugiés #asile #migrations #aide_en_cash #cash #argent #aid_in_cash #cash_based_intervention #monétisation
Aid’s cash revolution: a numbers game
114.5: that’s the magic number. With a score above it, a Syrian family in Lebanon has largely to fend for themselves. Below it, the household’s vulnerability score makes them eligible for cash payouts, which they can spend on anything.
▻https://www.irinnews.org/feature/2016/11/02/aid%E2%80%99s-cash-revolution-numbers-game
Cash and Tech Replace Bags of Rice in Urban Humanitarian Aid
AMMAN, JORDAN—Mohammed stepped out of the hot sun into the cool artificial air of the bank. Walking carefully in worn but pressed clothes, the elderly Syrian approached the automatic teller machine, grasped it by its sides, and peered into its abyss.
▻http://www.diplomaticourier.com/2016/11/04/cash-tech-replace-bags-rice-urban-humanitarian-aid/?platform=hootsuite
Cash transfers for refugees: the economic and social effects of a programme in Jordan
In this report, we consider one specific case study – the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) cash transfer in Jordan. To date, there are around 660,000 Syrians registered as refugees in Jordan, from a total of 1.4 million. Drawing on qualitative research conducted in four sites in September 2016, we assess the immediate effects of transfers on reducing barriers to accessing basic services and employment, as well as considering the long-term implications of improvements in economic and social outcomes.
▻https://www.odi.org/publications/10705-cash-transfers-refugees-economic-and-social-effects-programme-jordan
The Chemistry and Psychology of Turning Water Into Wine - Facts So Romantic
▻http://nautil.us/blog/the-chemistry-and-psychology-of-turning-water-into-wine
Penn and Teller famously skewered the bottled water craze on their myth-busting Showtime series, Bullshit, setting up a hidden-camera sting operation in a fancy New York restaurant. A fake “water sommelier” stopped at each table, offering diners a special selection of high-end bottled water at $7 a pop. The catch: All the bottles were identical, filled with water from a garden hose out back. Seduced by flowery brand names like “L’eau du Robinet” (French for “tap water”), the diners waxed eloquent on the distinctive flavor profiles of the bottles they sampled, unaware they were being played.Now, perhaps, the tables have turned with the recent debut of a sleek, 40-page water menu (pdf) at Ray’s and Stark Bar, a small upscale restaurant in the courtyard of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (...)
Why Storytelling Is The Ultimate Weapon | Co.Create | creativity + culture + commerce
▻http://www.fastcocreate.com/1680581/why-storytelling-is-the-ultimate-weapon
Guber tells us that stories can also function as Trojan Horses. The audience accepts the story because, for a human, a good story always seems like a gift. But the story is actually just a delivery system for the teller’s agenda. A story is a trick for sneaking a message into the fortified citadel of the human mind.
Penn & Teller Bullshit ! 301 - Circumcision
▻http://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/penn-and-teller-bullshit-301-circumcision
The copyright belongs to Penn&Teller and Showtime. I just love the show.and try to spread the word. If you like it too, please support the authors by buying the DVDs. ▻http://www.pennandteller.com...
Financial services in developing countries | The Economist
▻http://www.economist.com/news/economic-and-financial-indicators/21586861-financial-services-developing-countries?fsrc=scn%2Ffb%2Fwl%2Fpe%
Access to traditional financial services, such as deposit-taking accounts and automatic teller machines (ATMs), in developing countries has expanded in recent years. Since 2004 the number of ATMs per 100,000 adults has more than doubled, to around 22 (compared with over 70 in rich countries).
Russia and Brazil have more ATMs relative to their population than other emerging markets, but according to a World Bank survey less than 2% of adults there used a mobile phone to receive money. Mobile payments are a substitute for traditional banking. In Kenya, where there are 2,381 ATMs (less than ten for every 100,000 adults), over two-thirds of people use mobile money.
