Disaster Risk Reduction

Adaptive and Shock Responsive Social Protection in the Caribbean: Putting People at the Centre of Resilience and Response

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Submitted by Francesca Ciardi
on Wed, 29/05/2019 - 11:14
The increased intensity of hydro meteorological events in Caribbean countries in recent years has altered landscapes, damaged infrastructure, debilitated economies, and threatens to undermine development and growth. In the midst of these impacts are Caribbean people, whose livelihoods, income, homes, well-being, and ultimately, survival, are directly threatened by climate and disaster risks. Take for instance, Hurricane Maria’s impact on Dominica in September 2017. The event caused damages and losses amounting to 226% of the country’s GDP; damaged 90% of the country’s housing stock; and affected approximately 77% of the population [1] . At the center of the disaster, were families like Josiah Stewart, who along with his mother, grandmother, and sisters lost their home and all their...Read more

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FAO and the Kuwait-based International Islamic Charity Organization (IICO) agreed to step up their cooperation to help vulnerable populations better cope with natural disasters and other shocks, which are among the key drivers of acute food insecurity.

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Five key principles for adaptive social protection programming

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Submitted by Alex Cornelius
on Mon, 26/11/2018 - 11:40
‘Adaptive Social Protection’ (ASP) came from a realisation that social protection, disaster risk reduction, and climate change adaptation were three communities of practice linked by the same fundamental objective of reducing vulnerability and building resilience. Within each of these communities is a wealth of experience, tools and methods, that, if explored together, may reveal commonalities, overlapping agendas and synergies. Operationalising ASP requires a framework that supports an optimal blend of social protection programmes, climate change projects, and disaster risk reduction interventions, to bring out the best of each. ASP is still a relatively new concept, which hasn’t yet been trialled extensively enough to know how to do it well, or even how to do it. Through our work to...Read more

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Is my social protection programme ‘shock-responsive’ or ‘adaptive’?

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Submitted by Alex Cornelius
on Thu, 08/11/2018 - 11:32
What is adaptive social protection? How does it differ from shock responsive social protection? Why does it matter? These were some of the questions we’ve been asked over the past three years while working with governments in the Sahel to help set up their adaptive social protection programmes. The concepts of Shock responsive social protection (SRSP) and Adaptive social protection (ASP) are very similar, and despite much having been written about them in the wider literature, there are no agreed definitions for either. You could then, question whether these two concepts are referring to the same type of programme – depending on what happens to be du jour in a particular country, institution or donor or are they in fact two closely related but fundamentally different types of...Read more

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A pilot targeted poverty alleviation program, namely, Rural Economy Advancement Programme (REAP I) was initiated in 10th five-year plan in 14 poorest villages covering 10 Dzongkhags to target extreme poverty that may not be adequately addressed by mainstream development plan programmes. With the completion of REAP I in 2012, a terminal evaluation was carried out in 2013 to study the effectiveness of the programme and to assess the worth of up-scaling the programme.

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Around the globe, there is an unending cycle of producing innovative policies that are relevant and responsive to today's complex problems of disaster risk reduction and mitigation. A lot of evidence is pointing to the shifting paradigm in responding to emergencies. Foremost among them is the growing acceptance of cash transfers as a response tool to disasters. The Philippines is not oblivious to this developing paradigm. The Philippines is considered to have one of the most advanced social protection (SP) systems in the East Asia Pacific region.

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The use of Cash Transfer Programming (CTP) to provide humanitarian assistance so that people may access the goods and services they need before, during and following a crisis has been gaining momentum over the past decade.

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