$200 million e-card injection by World Food Program. Refugees and shops to benefit

The World Food Program (WFP) estimates that by the end of 2016 around $209 million will be pumped into electronic cards that are being used by refugees to buy provisions from minimarkets and supermarkets.

In the past six months, around $128 million has been injected into the local economy through the e-card system, according to Edward Johnson, external relations officer at WFP.

"Around 750,000 refugees will benefit this year from these cards," he said.

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