Social protection
Social protection, or social security, is a human right and is defined as the set of policies and programmes designed to reduce and prevent poverty and vulnerability throughout the life cycle. Social protection includes benefits for children and families, maternity, unemployment, employment injury, sickness, old age, disability, survivors, as well as health protection. Social protection systems address all these policy areas by a mix of contributory schemes (social insurance) and non-contributory tax-financed benefits, including social assistance (ILO 2017).
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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 study puts forward six lessons and 12 recommendations for donors interested in supporting this agenda.
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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 working paper asks what is required for social protection systems to deliver timely, predictable, well-targeted and cost-effective shock response to disasters.
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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 report captures and builds on learning from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) anticipatory action pilot in Nepal.
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This report captures and builds on learning from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) anticipatory action pilot in Bangladesh.
Read moreFinancial Flows
Financial flows refer to the movement of funds for disaster risk reduction (DRR) and response, covering planned and unplanned sources.
Contingent liabilities
Possible financial obligations that only become real if specific future events occur.
Fragility
High exposure to risk combined with weak capacity to cope, often leading to crisis.
Disaster
A severe event causing widespread harm that exceeds a community’s ability to cope alone.
Risk retention
When governments retain and finance disaster costs themselves.
Vulnerability
Conditions that increase how severely people or communities are affected by hazards.
