Social Protection and Disaster Risk Management in the Philippines : The Case of Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan)

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 of climate change are particularly high in the P...

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Main Author: Bowen, Thomas
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
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spelling okr-10986-234482021-04-23T14:04:15Z Social Protection and Disaster Risk Management in the Philippines : The Case of Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) Bowen, Thomas POVERTY THRESHOLD FLOODING DISASTER ASSISTANCE DISASTER REHABILITATION RISKS CASUALTIES RESCUE POVERTY LINE ECONOMIC GROWTH STORM DISASTER RECOVERY DELIVERY MECHANISMS EARLY WARNING RISK REDUCTION INCOME POVERTY FOOD CONSUMPTION INCOME POVERTY ESTIMATES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION STORMS DELIVERY MECHANISM DEATH DISASTER ACTIVITIES NATIONAL POVERTY RELIEF ASSISTANCE DISASTER DAMAGES DISASTER-AFFECTED PEOPLE EMERGENCY RELIEF INCOME SUPPORT EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FARM INCOME DISASTER PREVENTION SOCIAL PROGRAMS EVACUATIONS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SAVING CONFLICT INFORMATION SYSTEMS MEASURES EARTHQUAKES SURVIVORS TSUNAMIS SAFETY NETS POVERTY REDUCTION FAMILY ASSISTANCE DISASTER RELIEF SAVINGS RELIEF NATURAL DISASTER DISASTER RESPONSE INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES POVERTY GAP FLOODS FOOD PREPARATION SOIL EROSION FLOODED POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS DAMAGED HOUSES TRANSFERS EMERGENCIES CROP DIVERSIFICATION NATURAL DISASTERS DOCUMENTS HOUSEHOLD INCOME POVERTY STATUS TEMPORARY SHELTER TYPHOON DISASTERS ANTI-POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS FOOD EXPENDITURES SOCIAL SECURITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE FIRE SEARCH AND RESCUE FARMERS LANDSLIDES TEMPORARY HOUSING LIGHTING CASH TRANSFERS HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCIES VOLCANOES DISASTER INFORMATION RURAL MIGRANTS FOOD ITEMS EMERGENCY SHELTER UNEMPLOYMENT TECHNOLOGY DROUGHTS SOCIAL SAFETY NETS HUMAN CAPITAL EARTHQUAKE EMERGENCY FOOD SECURITY DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RISK CLIMATE CHANGE DROUGHT TENTS TARPAULINS CHRONICALLY POOR BANK RELIEFWEB DECLARATION VICTIMS RURAL POVERTY FOOD EXPENDITURE DAMAGE DISADVANTAGED GROUPS IMPACT OF DISASTERS TROPICAL STORMS RURAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS RELIEF OPERATIONS DISASTER MANAGEMENT DEVASTATION FOOD RELIEF NUTRITION PUBLIC WORKS TRANSFER PROGRAMS POST DISASTER ACTIVITIES PRIVATE TRANSFERS INSURANCE TARGETING POVERTY INDICATORS SLUMS AGRICULTURAL WORKERS CIVIL DEFENSE DISASTER COMMUNICATIONS IRRIGATION RISK WIND SPEEDS RURAL AREAS POVERTY CLEAN WATER TROPICAL CYCLONES DISASTER RISK REDUCTION RISK MANAGEMENT CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE POOR POVERTY IMPACT EVACUATION WEATHER EVENTS SAFETY NATURAL HAZARDS TYPHOONS RELIEF EFFORTS DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS RECONSTRUCTION POVERTY ALLEVIATION BLANKETS ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER POOR HOUSEHOLDS 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 of climate change are particularly high in the Philippines. At the same time, the Philippines has developed one of the most advanced social protection systems in the East Asia Pacific region. The Department of Social Welfare and Development is prominently integrated into the national disaster risk management framework of the Philippines, taking the lead coordinating role in disaster response activities. Consequently, social protection programs are on the frontlines of disaster response in the Philippines. This paper focuses specifically on the devastating impact of Typhoon Yolanda, which struck the country in November 2013, as a case study against which the Philippines’ social protection response can be assessed. 2015-12-18T20:01:44Z 2015-12-18T20:01:44Z 2015-11 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/11/25257359/social-protection-disaster-risk-management-philippines-case-typhoon-yolanda-haiyan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23448 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7482 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Philippines
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topic POVERTY THRESHOLD
FLOODING
DISASTER ASSISTANCE
DISASTER REHABILITATION
RISKS
CASUALTIES
RESCUE
POVERTY LINE
ECONOMIC GROWTH
STORM
DISASTER RECOVERY
DELIVERY MECHANISMS
EARLY WARNING
RISK REDUCTION
INCOME POVERTY
FOOD CONSUMPTION
INCOME
POVERTY ESTIMATES
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
STORMS
DELIVERY MECHANISM
DEATH
DISASTER ACTIVITIES
NATIONAL POVERTY
RELIEF ASSISTANCE
DISASTER
DAMAGES
DISASTER-AFFECTED PEOPLE
EMERGENCY RELIEF
INCOME SUPPORT
EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE
FARM INCOME
DISASTER PREVENTION
SOCIAL PROGRAMS
EVACUATIONS
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
SAVING
CONFLICT
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
MEASURES
EARTHQUAKES
SURVIVORS
TSUNAMIS
SAFETY NETS
POVERTY REDUCTION
FAMILY ASSISTANCE
DISASTER RELIEF
SAVINGS
RELIEF
NATURAL DISASTER
DISASTER RESPONSE
INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES
POVERTY GAP
FLOODS
FOOD PREPARATION
SOIL EROSION
FLOODED
POVERTY INCIDENCE
POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS
DAMAGED HOUSES
TRANSFERS
EMERGENCIES
CROP DIVERSIFICATION
NATURAL DISASTERS
DOCUMENTS
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
POVERTY STATUS
TEMPORARY SHELTER
TYPHOON
DISASTERS
ANTI-POVERTY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
FOOD EXPENDITURES
SOCIAL SECURITY
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
FIRE
SEARCH AND RESCUE
FARMERS
LANDSLIDES
TEMPORARY HOUSING
LIGHTING
CASH TRANSFERS
HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCIES
VOLCANOES
DISASTER INFORMATION
RURAL MIGRANTS
FOOD ITEMS
EMERGENCY SHELTER
UNEMPLOYMENT
TECHNOLOGY
DROUGHTS
SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
HUMAN CAPITAL
EARTHQUAKE
EMERGENCY
FOOD SECURITY
DISASTER REDUCTION
DISASTER RISK
CLIMATE CHANGE
DROUGHT
TENTS
TARPAULINS
CHRONICALLY POOR
BANK
RELIEFWEB
DECLARATION
VICTIMS
RURAL POVERTY
FOOD EXPENDITURE
DAMAGE
DISADVANTAGED GROUPS
IMPACT OF DISASTERS
TROPICAL STORMS
RURAL
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
RELIEF OPERATIONS
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
DEVASTATION
FOOD RELIEF
NUTRITION
PUBLIC WORKS
TRANSFER PROGRAMS
POST DISASTER ACTIVITIES
PRIVATE TRANSFERS
INSURANCE
TARGETING
POVERTY INDICATORS
SLUMS
AGRICULTURAL WORKERS
CIVIL DEFENSE
DISASTER COMMUNICATIONS
IRRIGATION
RISK
WIND SPEEDS
RURAL AREAS
POVERTY
CLEAN WATER
TROPICAL CYCLONES
DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
RISK MANAGEMENT
CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
POOR
POVERTY IMPACT
EVACUATION
WEATHER EVENTS
SAFETY
NATURAL HAZARDS
TYPHOONS
RELIEF EFFORTS
DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS
RECONSTRUCTION
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
BLANKETS
ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
spellingShingle POVERTY THRESHOLD
FLOODING
DISASTER ASSISTANCE
DISASTER REHABILITATION
RISKS
CASUALTIES
RESCUE
POVERTY LINE
ECONOMIC GROWTH
STORM
DISASTER RECOVERY
DELIVERY MECHANISMS
EARLY WARNING
RISK REDUCTION
INCOME POVERTY
FOOD CONSUMPTION
INCOME
POVERTY ESTIMATES
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
STORMS
DELIVERY MECHANISM
DEATH
DISASTER ACTIVITIES
NATIONAL POVERTY
RELIEF ASSISTANCE
DISASTER
DAMAGES
DISASTER-AFFECTED PEOPLE
EMERGENCY RELIEF
INCOME SUPPORT
EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE
FARM INCOME
DISASTER PREVENTION
SOCIAL PROGRAMS
EVACUATIONS
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
SAVING
CONFLICT
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
MEASURES
EARTHQUAKES
SURVIVORS
TSUNAMIS
SAFETY NETS
POVERTY REDUCTION
FAMILY ASSISTANCE
DISASTER RELIEF
SAVINGS
RELIEF
NATURAL DISASTER
DISASTER RESPONSE
INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES
POVERTY GAP
FLOODS
FOOD PREPARATION
SOIL EROSION
FLOODED
POVERTY INCIDENCE
POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS
DAMAGED HOUSES
TRANSFERS
EMERGENCIES
CROP DIVERSIFICATION
NATURAL DISASTERS
DOCUMENTS
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
POVERTY STATUS
TEMPORARY SHELTER
TYPHOON
DISASTERS
ANTI-POVERTY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
FOOD EXPENDITURES
SOCIAL SECURITY
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
FIRE
SEARCH AND RESCUE
FARMERS
LANDSLIDES
TEMPORARY HOUSING
LIGHTING
CASH TRANSFERS
HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCIES
VOLCANOES
DISASTER INFORMATION
RURAL MIGRANTS
FOOD ITEMS
EMERGENCY SHELTER
UNEMPLOYMENT
TECHNOLOGY
DROUGHTS
SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
HUMAN CAPITAL
EARTHQUAKE
EMERGENCY
FOOD SECURITY
DISASTER REDUCTION
DISASTER RISK
CLIMATE CHANGE
DROUGHT
TENTS
TARPAULINS
CHRONICALLY POOR
BANK
RELIEFWEB
DECLARATION
VICTIMS
RURAL POVERTY
FOOD EXPENDITURE
DAMAGE
DISADVANTAGED GROUPS
IMPACT OF DISASTERS
TROPICAL STORMS
RURAL
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
RELIEF OPERATIONS
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
DEVASTATION
FOOD RELIEF
NUTRITION
PUBLIC WORKS
TRANSFER PROGRAMS
POST DISASTER ACTIVITIES
PRIVATE TRANSFERS
INSURANCE
TARGETING
POVERTY INDICATORS
SLUMS
AGRICULTURAL WORKERS
CIVIL DEFENSE
DISASTER COMMUNICATIONS
IRRIGATION
RISK
WIND SPEEDS
RURAL AREAS
POVERTY
CLEAN WATER
TROPICAL CYCLONES
DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
RISK MANAGEMENT
CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
POOR
POVERTY IMPACT
EVACUATION
WEATHER EVENTS
SAFETY
NATURAL HAZARDS
TYPHOONS
RELIEF EFFORTS
DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS
RECONSTRUCTION
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
BLANKETS
ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
Bowen, Thomas
Social Protection and Disaster Risk Management in the Philippines : The Case of Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan)
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
Philippines
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7482
description 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 of climate change are particularly high in the Philippines. At the same time, the Philippines has developed one of the most advanced social protection systems in the East Asia Pacific region. The Department of Social Welfare and Development is prominently integrated into the national disaster risk management framework of the Philippines, taking the lead coordinating role in disaster response activities. Consequently, social protection programs are on the frontlines of disaster response in the Philippines. This paper focuses specifically on the devastating impact of Typhoon Yolanda, which struck the country in November 2013, as a case study against which the Philippines’ social protection response can be assessed.
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author Bowen, Thomas
author_facet Bowen, Thomas
author_sort Bowen, Thomas
title Social Protection and Disaster Risk Management in the Philippines : The Case of Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan)
title_short Social Protection and Disaster Risk Management in the Philippines : The Case of Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan)
title_full Social Protection and Disaster Risk Management in the Philippines : The Case of Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan)
title_fullStr Social Protection and Disaster Risk Management in the Philippines : The Case of Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan)
title_full_unstemmed Social Protection and Disaster Risk Management in the Philippines : The Case of Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan)
title_sort social protection and disaster risk management in the philippines : the case of typhoon yolanda (haiyan)
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2015
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/11/25257359/social-protection-disaster-risk-management-philippines-case-typhoon-yolanda-haiyan
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23448
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