PROTECTING THE POOR AGAINST THE NEXT CRISIS

dc.creatorKanbur, Ravi
dc.date2017-04-01T13:46:35Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-09T06:14:17Z
dc.descriptionCrises are likely to be new normal for developing and transition economies. In designing programs to protect the poor against crises, governments face two uncertainties— uncertainty of crisis type and uncertainty of crisis timing. In the face of these uncertainties, I propose three lines of action for governments and for the international community: (i) Conduct a Social Protection Assessment Program which “stress tests” the collection of social protection interventions against a range of possible crises to reveal gaps and vulnerabilities, (ii) Over the medium term, finance improvements in design to addressing these gaps and vulnerabilities, and (iii) offer a pre-qualified line of assistance for social protection which goes into action automatically when crisis triggers are breached.
dc.identifierdoi:10.22004/ag.econ.126960
dc.identifierhttps://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/126960/files/Cornell_Dyson_wp1009.pdf
dc.identifierhttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/126960
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/574064
dc.languageeng
dc.publisher
dc.sourcehttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/126960
dc.titlePROTECTING THE POOR AGAINST THE NEXT CRISIS
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