"Over 60 million people are currently displaced due to conflict or violence, and about 140 million are exposed to natural disasters. As part of humanitarian responses to those affected populations, growing attention is paid to cash transfers as a form of assistance. Cash is being strongly...

Front Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Positioning the Debate: A Strategic Perspective -- Note -- Chapter 3 Choice and Paternalism: The Economics of Transfer Selection -- Notes -- Chapter 4...

Introduction : a living example of the puzzle -- The man of the humanitarian system -- The evolution of humanitarian action -- Adaptability and the planner's problem -- Political competition replaces market competition -- The bureaucracy of humanitarianism -- Killing people with kindness --...