Strengthening Resilience through Social Protection Programs
Guidance Note
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, Social Services & Welfare, Social Science
| Author: | Asian Development Bank | ISBN: | 9789292611057 |
| Publisher: | Asian Development Bank | Publication: | March 1, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Asian Development Bank | Language: | English |
| Author: | Asian Development Bank |
| ISBN: | 9789292611057 |
| Publisher: | Asian Development Bank |
| Publication: | March 1, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Asian Development Bank |
| Language: | English |
Climate and disaster risk is increasing in the Asia and Pacific region, exacerbating existing vulnerabilities and creating new ones. The adverse effects are felt most by the poor and the vulnerable. Social protection programs, when designed with climate and disaster risk considerations in mind, provide enhanced opportunities to strengthen climate and disaster resilience. This guidance note underscores the importance of strengthening climate change and disaster resilience through social protection programs and proposes a working framework for social protection programs to deliver on resilience outcomes---reduced risk, strengthened capacity to adapt, and enhanced residual risk management strategies to help recover from the adverse impacts of slow-onset and rapid-onset hazards.
Climate and disaster risk is increasing in the Asia and Pacific region, exacerbating existing vulnerabilities and creating new ones. The adverse effects are felt most by the poor and the vulnerable. Social protection programs, when designed with climate and disaster risk considerations in mind, provide enhanced opportunities to strengthen climate and disaster resilience. This guidance note underscores the importance of strengthening climate change and disaster resilience through social protection programs and proposes a working framework for social protection programs to deliver on resilience outcomes---reduced risk, strengthened capacity to adapt, and enhanced residual risk management strategies to help recover from the adverse impacts of slow-onset and rapid-onset hazards.
