Glossary

Shock-responsive social protection

Shock-responsive social protection is a term used to bring focus on shocks that affect a large proportion of the population simultaneously (covariate shocks). It encompasses the adaptation of routine social protection programmes and systems to cope with changes in context and demand following large-scale shocks. This can be ex ante by building shock-responsive systems, plans and partnerships in advance of a shock to better prepare for emergency response; or ex post, to support households once the shock has occurred. In this way, social protection can complement and support other emergency response interventions (European Commission 2019).

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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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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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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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This discussion paper examines the unequal impacts of the pandemic across different groups.

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This paper summarises the different shocks created by the global Covid-19 crisis.

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other key terms

Crisis risk

The likelihood of harm or loss from crises shaped by hazards, exposure, vulnerability and capacity.

Parametric insurance

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

Crisis protection gap

The difference between expected crisis costs and funding already arranged to cover them.

Early warning system

Systems that monitor hazards and share information early, so people can act in time.

Attachment point

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

Crisis financing

Funding designed to prevent, prepare for and respond to crises before and after they occur.