Measuring the Value of Using Social Protection for Emergency Response: Case Study of Floods in Bangladesh

Rome (Italy): World Food Programme (WFP), 2024.

English

40 p.

ELR3064

What value do governments derive from their investments in making a social protection system or programmes a viable vehicle for national disaster response, in the event of large-scale shocks such as climate hazards? Despite growing enthusiasm for using social protection in emergency response, there is limited evidence of the cost-efficiency, cost-effectiveness or other return on investment from doing so. This research initiative intends to begin to fill the gap.

Electronic ed.

Public

ELR 3064

English