Can social protection help deliver pro-poor disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation? Lawrence Haddad Institute of Development Studies Addis workshop, March 14-17, 2011

Social protection Helping poor households manage risk Disaster Risk Reduction Reduce risk exposure, improve preparedness to respond Climate Change Adaptation Helping poor households adapt to changing climate Potential for synergy

Leveraging the performance of different risk management approaches

Social protection performance improves: weak interactions

Social protection performance improves: strong interactions

Social protection Development economics Disaster Risk Reduction Physical sciences and social development Climate Change Adaptation Social development and physical sciences Disciplines

Social protection Ad hoc multilateral and bilateral funds Disaster Risk Reduction Coordinated international funds Climate Change Adaptation Coordinated international funds Funding

Social protection Ad hoc multilateral and bilateral funds Disaster Risk Reduction Coordinated international funds Climate Change Adaptation Coordinated international funds

But it is not impossible to integrate the 3 approaches 124 agricultural projects from South Asia

How do we make the benefits outweigh the costs? benefits costs

Enablers? Simplify the jargon! Support learning platforms that bring the tribes together (theme 2) Find ways to allow cross-sector working: sharing, coordinating, integrating (theme 1) Demonstrate the value added of integration through impact analyses – average and distribution (theme 4) Understand the factors behind the successes (e.g. attitudes to uncertainty, theme 3) Pool donor and government funding streams (theme 1) Embed in university training People manage high levels of everyday risk without knowing “SP, DRR & CAA” – learn from everyday experiences

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