Review of UNHCR’s multipurpose cash assistance and protection outcomes for internally displaced people in Yemen

UNHCR commissioned Key Aid Consulting to (1) assess how UNHCR’s multipurpose cash assistance (MPCA) maximised protection outcomes by reducing protection risks and supporting remedial actions and solutions, and (2) provide evidence on the added value of mainstreaming protection in the targeting of MPCA.
The review was explorative and focused on internally displaced persons (IDPs) in five governorates. The methodology relied on a mixed methods approach combining KIIs with UNHCR staff and external stakeholders, a household survey with 1200 households recipients of the cash assistance in the North and South of the country (conducted by a third party data collection firm, but supervised by Key Aid), and follow-up interviews with recipients of the assistance to further explore the initial findings.