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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| Format: | Policy Note |
| Language: | English |
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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 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31490 |
| Summary: | 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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