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UNICEF’s framework for Shock-responsive Social Protection comprises four interconnected and mutually reinforcing features.
Tools & Guidance

Strengthening Shock-Responsive Social Protection Systems

19 May 2022
UNICEF

Social protection can play an important role in helping families prepare for, cope with and recover from shocks and stresses.

Social Protection
Map of Southeast Asia
Tools & Guidance

Surface Water Mapping Tool

02 Aug 2021
Deltares, Technical University Delft, SERVIR-Mekong, eartH2Observe, Google, ADPC, Stockholm Environment Institute, Spatial Informatics Group, Asian Disaster Preparedness Center

The Surface Water Mapping Tool documents the dynamics of seasonal flooding cycles on the Mekong River to better understand some of the impacts of dams. 

Climate Change
Water
Social Protection
Natural Resource Management
Technical Guidance

What Are Future Financing Options for Shock Responsive Social Protection?

31 May 2021
Social Protection Approaches to COVID-19 Expert Advice Service, DAI Global

How can development partners finance shock-responsive social protection? This resource provides approaches to financing, financing instruments and more.

Conflict and Fragility
Sustainable Poverty Escapes
Social Protection
Social Capital
Financial Inclusion
Policy Brief

Preparing for Future Shocks: Priority Actions for Social Protection Practitioners in the Wake of COVID-19

01 Sep 2020
Social Protection Approaches to COVID-19: Expert Advice Helpline; DAI Global, GSMA, Centre for Disaster Protection and High-Quality Technical Assistance for Results

Social protection strategies need to evolve in order to effectively manage risks in response to future shocks.

Social Protection
Social Capital
Social Inclusion
Technical Guidance

Village Insurance Savings Accounts in Nepal

01 Jun 2020
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience

In many developing countries, microfinance institutions (MFIs) are well established throughout rural areas, with high functioning savings groups already in existence. These groups of about 15-30 members usually meet...

Nepal
Social Protection
Financial Inclusion
Policy Brief

The Favorable Impacts of Index-based Livestock Insurance from Ethiopia and Kenya

15 May 2020
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience

Livestock—the principal store of wealth and source of livelihood for pastoralists living in the arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL) of the Horn of Africa— face tremendous risk from the frequent and catastrophic droughts...

Kenya
Ethiopia
Agriculture
Social Protection
Policy Brief

Resilience-based Protection Blunts Climate Change's Impact on Poverty

15 May 2020
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience

Catastrophic weather shocks, such as severe drought or flood, are an important cause of poverty among rural households in developing economies. As the risk of these shocks is forecasted to increase, national social...

Climate Change
Social Protection
Policy Brief

Agricultural Index Insurance Has Big Impacts for Farmers in Burkina Faso

15 May 2020
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Markets, Risk and Resilience

A devastating drought or other shock can force small-scale farmers in developing economies to sell off assets or cut meals and other consumption to cope. Even the risk of a shock can stifle their future by pushing...

Sustainable Poverty Escapes
Social Protection
Policy Brief

Resilience analysis in Mali 2009/2010

27 Aug 2019
FAO

This report identifies the key pillars of resilience and related contributing factors at household level in Mali using the FAO Resilience Index Measurement and Analysis (RIMA) model. The study...

Mali
Social Protection
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