Glossary

Adaptive social protection

Adaptive social protection (ASP) helps to build the resilience of poor and vulnerable households to the impacts of large, covariate shocks, such as natural hazard events, economic crises, pandemics, conflict and forced displacement. Through the provision of transfers and services directly to these households, adaptive social protection supports their capacity to prepare for, cope with, and adapt to the shocks they face—before, during, and after these shocks occur (the Centre, based on World Bank 2020).

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This report examines how governments across Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Senegal can better plan and budget for disasters before they strike,

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This technical brief, authored by CERDI and supported by the Centre for Disaster Protection, provides an in-depth analysis of flood risk in Chad.

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This report on Chad provides an in-depth analysis of the country’s social protection and disaster risk financing landscape to inform future programme design.

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The report contributes to a broader study to consider the opportunities, potential risks, and benefits of channelling disaster risk financing instruments through national social protection systems.

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This report on Mali provides an in-depth analysis of the country’s social protection and disaster risk financing landscape to inform future programme design.

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This is the first in a series of diagnostic reports aimed at informing the design and programming of the Centre’s support to the SASPP.

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other key terms

Disaster risk financing

Financial arrangements made in advance to pay for disaster prevention, response and recovery.

Pre-arranged financing

Financing approved before crises that is released automatically when agreed triggers are met.

Parametric insurance

Insurance that pays when an agreed indicator reaches a set level, not actual losses.

Official development assistance (ODA)

Public aid supporting development and welfare in eligible countries, usually on concessional terms.

Attachment point

The loss level above which a reinsurer begins paying under a reinsurance agreement.

Anticipatory Action

Actions taken before a crisis hits to prevent or reduce potential disaster impacts prior to a shock or before acute impacts are felt.