Acting before disaster strikes: The impacts of anticipatory cash transfers on climate resilience in Northeast Nigeria
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 tha...
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| author | Burke, Laura Balana, Bedru Clingain, Clare |
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| 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. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1318152025-11-06T04:43:26Z Acting before disaster strikes: The impacts of anticipatory cash transfers on climate resilience in Northeast Nigeria Burke, Laura Balana, Bedru Clingain, Clare flooding cash transfers shock cooping strategies climate change adaptation investment resilience intervention 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. 2023-08-05 2023-09-08T20:22:26Z 2023-09-08T20:22:26Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131815 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136812 Open Access application/pdf International Rescue Committee International Food Policy Research Institute 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 |
| spellingShingle | flooding cash transfers shock cooping strategies climate change adaptation investment resilience intervention Burke, Laura Balana, Bedru Clingain, Clare Acting before disaster strikes: The impacts of anticipatory cash transfers on climate resilience in Northeast Nigeria |
| title | Acting before disaster strikes: The impacts of anticipatory cash transfers on climate resilience in Northeast Nigeria |
| title_full | Acting before disaster strikes: The impacts of anticipatory cash transfers on climate resilience in Northeast Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Acting before disaster strikes: The impacts of anticipatory cash transfers on climate resilience in Northeast Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Acting before disaster strikes: The impacts of anticipatory cash transfers on climate resilience in Northeast Nigeria |
| title_short | Acting before disaster strikes: The impacts of anticipatory cash transfers on climate resilience in Northeast Nigeria |
| title_sort | acting before disaster strikes the impacts of anticipatory cash transfers on climate resilience in northeast nigeria |
| topic | flooding cash transfers shock cooping strategies climate change adaptation investment resilience intervention |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131815 |
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