devcon 7 / challenges and learnings of utilizing blockchain for cash assistance in wfpun
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Challenges and learnings of utilizing blockchain for cash assistance in WFP/UN
Duration: 00:25:38
Speaker: Suzana Maranhao Moreno
Type: Talk
Expertise: Beginner
Event: Devcon
Date: Nov 2024
WFP has the largest blockchain projects focused on cash-based assistance: (a) It promotes a private EVM net since 2017 as a coordination mechanism to connect orgs providing humanitarian assistance (size: 4M ppl/month); (b) It is also scaling cash assistance in Afghanistan backed by public blockchain/100k people.
Come to see some of our challenges and learnings of the last years consolidated in a model and engage to shape the future of this field.
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