ANTICIPATORY CASH TRANSFERS IN CLIMATE DISASTER RESPONSE

EPISODE SEVEN

Humanitarian workers carry out incredible lifesaving work every day on the front line of crisis response to assist those in the greatest need. Yet repeatedly, despite the fact that billions of dollars are spent annually on humanitarian support to households in crisis, there is very limited evidence on the impact of this support. This project is one of the first large-scale evaluations that rigorously tests the impact of humanitarian cash transfers in response to a sudden extreme weather event, and the importance of being timely for an impactful response.


Project location: Bangladesh        Read the transcript      Published  01 June 2023

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July 2024 (version two)
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The importance of being timely in climate disaster response

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SPEAKERS

Ben Brunckhorst

Consultant in the Global Unit of the Poverty and Equity Global Practice 
World Bank

Stefan Dercon

CSAE Director and Professor of Public Policy
University of Oxford

Ruth Hill

Lead Economist in the Global Unit of the Poverty and Equity Global Practice 
World Bank

Ashley Pople

Young Professional Economist
World Bank