2.6: Will New Technologies Help Deliver More and Better Cash?

12/07/23 • 30 min

CashCast: A podcast from the CALP Network

Tech brings new opportunities, risks, and dilemmas. Could the combination of technology and cash bring transformative change and finally make aid more people-centered? What are the risks and what are the opportunities?

Host: Karen Peachey
Guests: Laura Walker and Chris Hoffman

Host: Karen Peachey
Guests: Laura Walker and Chris Hoffman

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3.1. Trailer for CashCast series three - 'Making change happen'

A new season of CashCast is on its way 🎉. Join us for a fresh episode each week over the next five weeks, as our host interviews a wide range of guests.

Together, we’ll dive into how change unfolds in the humanitarian sphere, with a special focus on cash and voucher assistance.

Check out this trailer for a sneak peek of what’s in store—we hope you’ll be listening!

Series guests:

Irfan Khan: Director of Humanitarian and International Partnerships at Muslim Hands
Anna Kondakhchyan: Head of Cash and Markets at NORCAP/Norwegian Refugee Council
Oliver May: Consultant on risk in the humanitarian and development sector
Sindhy Obias: Executive Director of the Assistance and Cooperation for Community Resilience and Development (ACCORD)
Dr. Kathryn Taetzsch: World Vision International's Senior Director, Global Humanitarian and Development Capacity and Capabilities
Lydiah Wangechi: Regional Director at GiveDirectly

Series host:

Karen Peachey: Former Director of the CALP Network.

Series episodes:
3.2. How do we make change happen?
3.3: How to turn an idea into reality? 3 Ps: Policies, processes, and partnerships
3.4: Money Matters! Funding for CVA.
3.5: Risk: it’s inevitable – so what do we do about it?
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CashCast: A podcast from the CALP Network - 2.6: Will New Technologies Help Deliver More and Better Cash?

Transcript

Karen Peachey: Hello, and welcome to CashCast. I'm Karen Peachey. In this series, we've been asking what's stopping cash from transforming humanitarian aid. In this episode, we will be looking at cash and technology. Much like cash, technology is a force for change in humanitarian action. New technologies bring new opportunities, new risks, and dilemmas with big questions around ethics, expertise, efficiencies, and more.

With the use of artificial intelligence, AI, rapid