Tailoring Adaptive Social Safety Nets to Latin America and the Caribbean:

Given this, there is unlocked potential in LAC to effectively respond to disasters by systematically using SSNs when appropriate. This note presents key lessons and design considerations for LAC countries to better usetheir SSNs to help individuals and households prepare, cope and adapt to the shock...

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Main Author: Williams, Asha (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C The World Bank 2020
Series:World Bank E-Library Archive
Links:https://doi.org/10.1596/34136
Summary:Given this, there is unlocked potential in LAC to effectively respond to disasters by systematically using SSNs when appropriate. This note presents key lessons and design considerations for LAC countries to better usetheir SSNs to help individuals and households prepare, cope and adapt to the shocks they face. While this note focuses on disasters caused by natural hazards, the framework and lessons presented here are applicable to other types of emergencies and shocks
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
DOI:10.1596/34136