Human(itarian) Capital? : Lessons on Better Connecting Humanitarian Assistance and Social Protection

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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Main Authors: Gentilini, Ugo, Laughton, Sarah, O’Brien, Clare
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2018
Subjects:
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
CASH TRANSFERS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/946401542689917993/Human-itarian-Capital-Lessons-on-Better-Connecting-Humanitarian-Assistance-and-Social-Protection
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spelling okr-10986-310112021-09-17T05:11:01Z Human(itarian) Capital? : Lessons on Better Connecting Humanitarian Assistance and Social Protection Gentilini, Ugo Laughton, Sarah O’Brien, Clare SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE CASH TRANSFERS 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. 2018-12-18T21:08:45Z 2018-12-18T21:08:45Z 2018-11 Working Paper 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 English Social Protection and Jobs Discussion Paper,No 1802; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research
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SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
CASH TRANSFERS
spellingShingle SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
CASH TRANSFERS
Gentilini, Ugo
Laughton, Sarah
O’Brien, Clare
Human(itarian) Capital? : Lessons on Better Connecting Humanitarian Assistance and Social Protection
relation Social Protection and Jobs Discussion Paper,No 1802;
description 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.
format Working Paper
author Gentilini, Ugo
Laughton, Sarah
O’Brien, Clare
author_facet Gentilini, Ugo
Laughton, Sarah
O’Brien, Clare
author_sort Gentilini, Ugo
title Human(itarian) Capital? : Lessons on Better Connecting Humanitarian Assistance and Social Protection
title_short Human(itarian) Capital? : Lessons on Better Connecting Humanitarian Assistance and Social Protection
title_full Human(itarian) Capital? : Lessons on Better Connecting Humanitarian Assistance and Social Protection
title_fullStr Human(itarian) Capital? : Lessons on Better Connecting Humanitarian Assistance and Social Protection
title_full_unstemmed Human(itarian) Capital? : Lessons on Better Connecting Humanitarian Assistance and Social Protection
title_sort human(itarian) capital? : lessons on better connecting humanitarian assistance and social protection
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/946401542689917993/Human-itarian-Capital-Lessons-on-Better-Connecting-Humanitarian-Assistance-and-Social-Protection
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