Adaptive Social Protection: Enhancing Resilience to Shocks
Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) aims to empower impoverished households in managing risks posed by various shocks such as natural disasters, pandemics, and conflicts by implementing scalable and responsive social protection mechanisms. The ASP agenda is gaining traction globally and is supported by GFDRR in countries like the Philippines, Jamaica, Fiji, and others. There is a growing demand for operationalizing ASP in numerous countries, highlighting the need for effective strategies to address vulnerabilities and enhance resilience to various crises.
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Adaptive Social Protection Updates Jehan Arulpragasam 17 Meeting of the GFDRR Consultative Group April 27, 2016
Adaptive Social Protection Motivation Increased frequency and duration of major covariate shocks (e.g. natural disasters; pandemics; conflict and violence). Need to think about how national social protection can be made shock responsive , scalable or adaptive . Linked to broader debates On development solutions for climate change On development solutions for displacement On development solutions to shoulder chronic humanitarian caseload
Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) Social protection helps poor households to manage risks. Adaptive Social Protection has the potential to better enable poor households to manage shocks by scaling up Adaptive Social Protection can result in faster, cost effective, and more efficient delivery of assistance to affected households
Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) The agenda is gathering interest and momentum at the Bank; among partners; and clients A side-event during the 3rd UN WCDRR in Sendai, Japan Topic of the Annual Ministerial Round-Table on Safety Nets at the World Bank 2016 Spring Meetings Core commitment of the World Bank s Climate Action Plan Key messaging for the World Humanitarian Summit Adaptive Social Protection; Cash Transfers Focus of 7th Social Protection South-South Global Learning Forum Increasing demands to operationalize ASP at country level .
Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) GFDRR is supporting the agenda of operationalization of ASP in select country cases Philippines Jamaica Fiji / Tonga Dominica /Grenada
Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) There is demand from other countries as well Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Mozambique, Tanzania Bangladesh, Pakistan, India Vietnam, Nepal, Myanmar Chile, Mexico, El Salvador, Haiti Sahel Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Niger Other small island states Caribbean; Pacific
