UNHCR Winter Cash Support Monitoring in Jordan, 2020–2021

Jordan hosts a dataset on Post Distribution Monitoring for winter cash assistance to refugees in 2020–2021. The program, run by UNHCR, provided one-off cash transfers to help refugees purchase essential winter items like heaters and blankets. The monitoring tool gathers feedback on the use and impact of the cash assistance.

Use Cases

• Assessing the impact of cash transfers on refugee well-being based on the monitoring of assistance use.
• Evaluating the appropriateness of cash distribution mechanisms based on recipient feedback.
• Analyzing trends in humanitarian aid spending based on reported investment figures of 9 million JOD in 2020.
• Comparing program scope and beneficiary counts between years, such as the decrease from over 70,000 cases in 2019 to 45,000 in 2020.

Strengths

• Data is associated with a specific, well-documented humanitarian program run by UNHCR.
• Description provides concrete figures, including 45,000 assisted cases and an investment of close to nine million JOD in 2020.
• Explicitly states the program's purpose: to reduce negative coping strategies and allow purchase of essential winter items.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is provided in PDF and WEB APP formats, which may require extraction for analysis.

Provenance

Source

UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency

Collection Method

Post Distribution Monitoring tool used to track cash assistance use and gather recipient feedback.

Time Range

2020–2021

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-23 14:14:19.983785; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Jordan