social protection in humanitarian and fragile contexts components of shock-responsive social...
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Components of shock-responsive social protection system:
> Risk informed > Flexible > Time and cost effective > Promoting sustainable agriculture > Links with climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies
> Comprehensive targeting mechanisms (economic, social, environment, conflict)
NATURAL DISASTERS FORCE 26M PEOPLE
INTO POVERTY AND COST $520BN
IN LOSSES EVERY YEAR.
MORE THAN 80%
OF THE DAMAGE AND LOSSES
CAUSED BY DROUGHT IS TO AGRICULTURE.
93% OF PEOPLE LIVING
IN EXTREME POVERTY ARE
IN FRAGILE AND HUMANITARIAN
CRISES CONTEXTS.
THERE IS AN URGENT NEED FOR INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS
THAT BRIDGE HUMANITARIAN AND
DEVELOPMENT DIVIDE.
Shock responsive social protection systems
Policy support and capacity building
> Minimizing negative coping strategies and vulnerabilities
> Boosting families’ productive and economic potential > Extending economic impacts to whole communities and local economy, not only to the direct programmes beneficiaries
> Serving as key component of social cohesion > Helping host communities access services and economic opportunities while also benefiting refugees
WHAT CAN SOCIAL PROTECTION DO?
Social protection enhances the capacity of rural families to prevent, manage and cope with threats and crises by:
RISK PREPAREDNESSEx ante preventive measures
RISK RESPONSEProtective measures for recovery
RISK REDUCTION AND MITIGATIONPromotive, transformative and adaptive measuresD
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S O C I A L P R O T E C T I O N
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SOCIAL PROTECTION IN HUMANITARIAN AND FRAGILE CONTEXTS
TO MAXIMIZE THESE IMPACTS FAO IS WORKING ON
Knowledge generation
CASH+ programmes combine transfers of cash, productive assets and/or technical training for poor and vulnerable families. It illustrates FAO added value in providing a flexible combination of cash transfers and agricultural productive interventions.
Cash plus (+) interventions
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