It was written by Jose Jodar, Anna Kondakhchyan, Ruth McCormack, Karen Peachey, Laura Phelps and Gaby Smith.

[3] The report reflects on progress made against global policy commitments made by the Grand Bargain, ECHO's 10 Principles,[4] the High Level Panel on Cash[5] and the World Bank's Strategic Note on Cash Transfers in Humanitarian Contexts among others.

[6] These and other policy commitments are summarised in the Global Framework for Action: A Consolidated Summary of Commitments for Cash Transfer Programming[7] which provides the overall structure to the State of the World's Cash Report with additional chapters to reflect new trends and issues.

It is a source referenced in the annual review of progress against Grand Bargain commitments[8][9] and in multiple other authoritative research, policy and guidance reports.

[10][11][12][13][14] It documents how the use of cash and voucher assistance (CVA) in humanitarian aid has doubled from US$2.8 billion in 2016, to $5.6 billion in 2019, representing 17.9% of spending on humanitarian assistance.