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

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dc.creatorBurke, Laura
dc.creatorBalana, Bedru
dc.creatorClingain, Clare
dc.date2023-08-05
dc.date2023-09-08T20:22:26Z
dc.date2023-09-08T20:22:26Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:37:58Z
dc.descriptionIn 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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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/131815
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/110039
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Rescue Committee
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136812
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceBurke, 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
dc.subjectflooding
dc.subjectcash transfers
dc.subjectshock
dc.subjectcooping strategies
dc.subjectclimate change adaptation
dc.subjectinvestment
dc.subjectresilience
dc.subjectintervention
dc.titleActing before disaster strikes: The impacts of anticipatory cash transfers on climate resilience in Northeast Nigeria
dc.typeBrief

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