Linking Social Protection and Humanitarian Assistance in the Philippines

There is an increasing amount of literature discussing the integration of humanitarian assistance into social protection systems or the linkage of disaster risk responses with specific social safety net programmes. The nexus maybe seen through syne...

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Main Author: Aldaba, Fernando
Format: Policy Note
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/189591553880437179/Linking-Social-Protection-and-Humanitarian-Assistance-in-the-Philippines
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spelling okr-10986-314902021-05-25T09:22:35Z Linking Social Protection and Humanitarian Assistance in the Philippines Aldaba, Fernando SOCIAL PROTECTION HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE CASH TRANSFERS DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT CLIMATE VULNERABILITY DISASTER RESPONSE FOOD AID DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PARTNERSHIP WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME There is an increasing amount of literature discussing the integration of humanitarian assistance into social protection systems or the linkage of disaster risk responses with specific social safety net programmes. The nexus maybe seen through synergies via common frameworks, platforms and systems utilized. The Philippines continues to tackle the problems of poverty and vulnerability among its 100 million population. It lies in the “Pacific Ring of Fire” and is visited regularly by typhoons, ravaged by flooding, and occasionally hit by destructive earthquakes. It also has two long running conflicts with rebel groups that have displaced thousands of its citizens in hot areas. Despite being a middle income country and owing to the recurrent nature of crises, the country has a permanent presence of humanitarian actors (UN agencies, international, and national NGOs) ready to complement government efforts during emergencies. This specific case study showcases the linking of humanitarian assistance and social protection in two instances where cash transfer for relief and recovery by humanitarian agencies, the World Food Programme (WFP) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), successfully “piggybacked” on the Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program (4Ps), a lead social protection programme of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), during the aftermath of typhoon Haiyan (2013). 2019-04-03T14:34:54Z 2019-04-03T14:34:54Z 2019-03 Policy Note http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/189591553880437179/Linking-Social-Protection-and-Humanitarian-Assistance-in-the-Philippines http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31490 English World Bank Social Protection Policy Note,no. 17; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note East Asia and Pacific Philippines
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topic SOCIAL PROTECTION
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
CASH TRANSFERS
DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
CLIMATE VULNERABILITY
DISASTER RESPONSE
FOOD AID
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
PARTNERSHIP
WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
spellingShingle SOCIAL PROTECTION
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
CASH TRANSFERS
DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
CLIMATE VULNERABILITY
DISASTER RESPONSE
FOOD AID
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
PARTNERSHIP
WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
Aldaba, Fernando
Linking Social Protection and Humanitarian Assistance in the Philippines
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
Philippines
relation World Bank Social Protection Policy Note,no. 17;
description There is an increasing amount of literature discussing the integration of humanitarian assistance into social protection systems or the linkage of disaster risk responses with specific social safety net programmes. The nexus maybe seen through synergies via common frameworks, platforms and systems utilized. The Philippines continues to tackle the problems of poverty and vulnerability among its 100 million population. It lies in the “Pacific Ring of Fire” and is visited regularly by typhoons, ravaged by flooding, and occasionally hit by destructive earthquakes. It also has two long running conflicts with rebel groups that have displaced thousands of its citizens in hot areas. Despite being a middle income country and owing to the recurrent nature of crises, the country has a permanent presence of humanitarian actors (UN agencies, international, and national NGOs) ready to complement government efforts during emergencies. This specific case study showcases the linking of humanitarian assistance and social protection in two instances where cash transfer for relief and recovery by humanitarian agencies, the World Food Programme (WFP) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), successfully “piggybacked” on the Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program (4Ps), a lead social protection programme of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), during the aftermath of typhoon Haiyan (2013).
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author Aldaba, Fernando
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title Linking Social Protection and Humanitarian Assistance in the Philippines
title_short Linking Social Protection and Humanitarian Assistance in the Philippines
title_full Linking Social Protection and Humanitarian Assistance in the Philippines
title_fullStr Linking Social Protection and Humanitarian Assistance in the Philippines
title_full_unstemmed Linking Social Protection and Humanitarian Assistance in the Philippines
title_sort linking social protection and humanitarian assistance in the philippines
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/189591553880437179/Linking-Social-Protection-and-Humanitarian-Assistance-in-the-Philippines
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