Implementing Emergency Cash Transfers : The Philippine Experience in Response to the 2016/17 Disasters

Acosta, Pablo ; Palma, Pam ; Perez, Joedie ; Velarde, Rashiel

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: CASH TRANSFERS;    DISASTER RESPONSE;    CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS;    SOCIAL PROTECTION;    RECONSTRUCTION;   

RP-ID  :  127471

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Around the globe, there is an unendingcycle of producing innovative policies that are relevantandresponsive to today's complex problems of disaster riskreduction and mitigation. A lot ofevidence is pointing tothe shifting paradigm in responding to emergencies. Foremostamongthem is the growing acceptance of cash transfers as aresponse tool to disasters.The Philippines is not obliviousto this developing paradigm. The Philippines is consideredtohave one of the most advanced social protection (SP)systems in the East Asia Pacific region.These SP systems aredesigned to help poor households manage risk and shocks.Currently,there are different types of cash transfers beingused by the Department of Social Welfare andDevelopment(DSWD) programs. These include: (1) the Pantawid Pamilyaconditional cashtransfer (CCT) program; (2) the SustainableLivelihood Program (SLP) using cash-for-work; and,(3) theNational Community Driven Development program (NCDD). Theseprograms use variousmodalities and mechanism for cashtransfers in different stages of the post-disastertimeline.However, the SP element of DSWD's disasterrisk management and response interventions canbesignificantly improved especially if to be used as aresponse tool during disasters.