Approach in Action
Social Registries and Digital Payments Delivery
Benefits that reach the right people on time: registries, targeting, digital payments and grievance systems that work at scale.
The problem we solve
Cash transfer and social protection programmes depend on accurate registries and reliable payments. Duplicate or outdated records, payment delays, cash handling risks and unanswered complaints undermine trust and waste money.
Our method, phase by phase
Phase 1 of 5
Delivery chain review
- Map outreach, registration, eligibility, enrolment, payment and grievances
- Data quality check of the registry
- Payment channel and cost review
Deliverable: Delivery chain assessment
Phase 2 of 5
Registry and targeting
- Data model, unique identifiers and updating routines
- Eligibility rules and verification
- Links to civil registration or ID systems
Deliverable: Registry improvement plan
Phase 3 of 5
Digital payments
- Payment options recipients can use
- Reconciliation and controls
- Provider service levels and costs
Deliverable: Payment delivery design and provider terms
Phase 4 of 5
Grievances and case management
- Channels, service times and records
- Case management for vulnerable households
- Reporting by sex, location and channel
Deliverable: Grievance and case management procedures
Phase 5 of 5
Operations and scale
- Training for front-line staff
- Monitoring dashboard
- Shock-responsive scale-up procedures
Deliverable: Operations manual and dashboard
Tick what your organisation already has: we show you where to start.
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The same instruments we use with clients. Try them with your own organisation; your answers stay in your browser until you ask for the result.
What you receive
- A delivery chain assessment with priorities
- A cleaner registry with updating routines
- Digital payment arrangements with controls
- Grievance and case management that works
How we keep quality
- Methods and tools agreed with you at inception, then applied openly
- Every finding linked to its evidence
- Senior review of every deliverable before it reaches you
- Knowledge transfer: your team keeps the tools and routines
Reference frameworks: World Bank G2Px: digitising government-to-person payments
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What does Risalat's Social Registries and Digital Payments Delivery approach involve?
Benefits that reach the right people on time: registries, targeting, digital payments and grievance systems that work at scale. It runs in 5 phases: Delivery chain review, Registry and targeting, Digital payments, Grievances and case management, Operations and scale. Each phase ends with an agreed deliverable.
What problem does it solve?
Cash transfer and social protection programmes depend on accurate registries and reliable payments. Duplicate or outdated records, payment delays, cash handling risks and unanswered complaints undermine trust and waste money.
What does the client receive?
A delivery chain assessment with priorities; A cleaner registry with updating routines; Digital payment arrangements with controls; Grievance and case management that works.
Can we try the method before engaging Risalat?
Yes. The instruments on this page are free and online: Social Protection Delivery Blueprint, Digital Readiness Assessment, Data Governance Maturity Assessment, Digital Project and Data Protection Readiness Assessment. Your answers stay in your browser until you ask for a result. Evaluation committees can also ask for a live walkthrough.
How do we know where to start?
Tick what your organisation already has in the method above: the page shows the first phase that needs work and what the assignment would cover. The diagnostic gives a scored baseline in about ten minutes.
Can it be delivered as training, advisory support or both?
Both. The same method can be delivered as an advisory assignment, as an in-house or open training programme for the team, or as a combination with coaching while the team applies it to its own work.