Human(itarian) Capital? : Lessons on Better Connecting Humanitarian Assistance and Social Protection
Governments in low and middle-income countries are increasingly investing in social protection, and also address many of their own people’s ‘humanitarian’ needs themselves. For their international partners, who may have an important role in filling...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/946401542689917993/Human-itarian-Capital-Lessons-on-Better-Connecting-Humanitarian-Assistance-and-Social-Protection http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31011 |
| Summary: | Governments in low and middle-income
countries are increasingly investing in social protection,
and also address many of their own people’s ‘humanitarian’
needs themselves. For their international partners, who may
have an important role in filling gaps when household needs
exceed national capacity to meet them, support for the
strengthening of national systems, combined with a shift
from short-run to more durable approaches, is becoming a
unifying framework for assistance. Some aspects of social
protection and humanitarian assistance therefore seem to be
on a converging trajectory. ‘Human(itarian) Capital?’
discusses findings from twelve country case studies
exploring the linkages between humanitarian assistance, in
its various interpretations, and national social protection
systems. Specifically, the paper distills lessons on how
humanitarian assistance and social protection systems might
better coexist, the possible challenges and trade-offs
emerging from practical experiences, and how to facilitate,
inform, and accelerate future concerted action. |
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