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Cash Transfer Programmes in High Inflation Contexts
(IDS, 2019-10-31)The use of Cash Transfers (CTs) in developing regions arose as the understanding grew that some other types of aid programmes were not effectively attaining their goals. For instance, emergency food aid was responding to ... -
Climate Change and Disasters: Institutional Complexities and Actors’ Priorities for Mitigation, Adaptation and Response
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-07-31)Over the last decade, Pakistan has faced several major disasters, involving both natural hazards and conflict. These crises prompted tremendous national and international response, and triggered the Government of Pakistan ... -
Social Vulnerability and Local Adaptation in Humanitarian Response: The Case of Pakistan
(Institute of Development Studies, 2017-07-31)This article looks at the experiences of two areas hit hard by the 2010 mega-floods in Pakistan, one in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and one in Sindh. It examines how different humanitarian actors understand climatic changes, risk ... -
Introduction: Overcoming Barriers to the Extension of Social Protection: Lessons from the Asia Region
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 01/07/2010)The contributions to this IDS Bulletin report on some of the findings from research undertaken under the Social Protection in Asia programme. This is a three?year policy?oriented research and network building programme, ... -
Residential Security as Social Protection
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 01/07/2010)This article argues that residential insecurity and social marginalisation are closely linked, particularly in communities where housing is accessed through traditional and patriarchal social institutions. It uses community ... -
Transformative Social Protection: Reflections on South Asian Policy Experiences
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1/11/2011)This article argues that social transfers as such, are a ‘good thing’. They can alleviate the immediate economic impact of poverty and vulnerability. It cautions, however, that such transfers may be a ‘bad thing’, since ... -
The Emerging Social Contract: State? Citizen Interaction after the Floods of 2010 and 2011 in Southern Sindh, Pakistan
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, May 2013)This article looks at the post?disaster context of Lower Sindh, a region devastated by super floods in 2010 and 2011, in an attempt to understand what government policies were implemented to assist people whose lives had ... -
Adaptive social protection: mapping the evidence and policy context in the agriculture sector in South Asia
(Institute of Development Studies (UK), 2011-02)An aim of government and the international community is to respond to global processes and crises through a range of policy and practical approaches that help limit damage from shocks and stresses. Three approaches to ...
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