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Acting before disaster strikes: The impacts of anticipatory cash transfers on climate resilience in Northeast Nigeria

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Title Acting before disaster strikes: The impacts of anticipatory cash transfers on climate resilience in Northeast Nigeria
 
Creator Burke, Laura
Balana, Bedru
Clingain, Clare
 
Subject flooding
cash transfers
shock
cooping strategies
climate change adaptation
investment
resilience
intervention
 
Description In flood-prone communities in Northeast Nigeria, we used a randomized evaluation to measure the impacts of providing cash transfers to households before the onset of a shock (“anticipatory cash”) compared to the standard practice of providing cash transfers after a shock occurs. Results indicate that providing anticipatory cash to households in flood-prone areas reduced negative coping strategies, increased pre-emptive climate adaptive actions, and enhanced investment in productive assets compared to households that received cash after peak flooding occurred. The findings suggest that large, one-time anticipatory cash transfers can build households’ climate adaptive and resilience capacity, making them a promising intervention to reduce household vulnerability to future climate shocks.
 
Date 2023-08-05
2023-09-08T20:22:26Z
2023-09-08T20:22:26Z
 
Type Brief
 
Identifier Burke, Laura. 2023. Acting before disaster strikes: The impacts of anticipatory cash transfers on climate resilience in Northeast Nigeria. IRC Research Brief. New York, NY; Washington, DC: International Rescue Committee; International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136857
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131815
https://www.rescue.org/report/acting-disaster-strikes-impacts-anticipatory-cash-transfers-climate-resilience-northeast
https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136857
 
Language en
 
Relation https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136812
 
Rights Other
Open Access
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher International Rescue Committee; International Food Policy Research Institute