The countries of the Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU) - Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, and South Africa are exposed to climatic shocks, especially drought, that pose a continual threat to...
The Investing in Human Capital note was prepared as a guidance note on how to promote a coordinated and harmonized approach across key human development sectors in addressing low human capital outcomes...
Lesotho experiences significant weather shocks, including droughts and floods, which adversely affect food security. Most of its population, particularly those in rural areas, depend on rainfed agriculture...
Social protection is a critical policy instrument in Sierra Leone to address the multiple risks and vulnerabilities faced by citizens. Through the Medium-term National Development Plan for 2019-2023...
Social protection cash transfer programs are increasingly being used to respond to covariate shocks, including most recently and prominently in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on some of...
This note highlights the critical contribution that social protection can make to a broader disaster recovery effort by helping directly to disaster-affected households. It is intended primarily for ...
Japan has long suffered from intermittent but devastating natural disasters. Over the years, the country has developed a comprehensive disaster risk management (DRM) system to ensure that disaster ...
This toolkit was conceived for the use of two groups of World Bank Group (WBG) staff and consultants. The primary target users consist of social protection and labor (SPL) specialists who help WBG client ...
Adaptive social protection (ASP) helps to build the resilience of poor and vulnerable households to the impacts of large, covariate shocks, such as natural disasters, economic crises, pandemics, conflict...
Adaptive social protection (ASP) helps to build the resilience of poor and vulnerable households to the impacts of large, covariate shocks, such as natural disasters, economic crises, pandemics, conflict...
This third edition of The State of Social Safety Nets examines trends in coverage, spending,and program performance using the World Bank Atlas of Social Protection Indicators of Resilience and Equity...
This note focuses on the way in which the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) conditionalcash transfer (CCT) program and the national household targeting system for poverty reduction,Listahanan, ...
This paper evaluates how the Philippines utilize social protection systems and programs to help households better manage disaster risk. Exposure and vulnerability to natural disasters and the effects...