Food assistance is provided in anticipation of, during, and in the aftermath of a humanitarian crisis. Its objective is to save lives and livelihoods to avert emergency rates of acute malnutrition or detrimental...
The objective of these studies is to generate evidence and inform practice for improved emergency preparedness and response in the Caribbean region linked to more flexible national social protection systems. The main research question for the study is: ‘What factors would enable social protection systems to be more responsive to shocks’?
Study on shock-responsive social protection in the Caribbean
English
| Year of publication | |
| Authors | |
| Publisher | World Food Programme (WFP) |
| Geographic coverage | DominicaBarbadosJamaicaGuyana |
| Originally published | 16 Oct 2020 |
| Related organisation(s) | DG ECHO - DG for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid OperationsUSAIDWFP - World Food Programme |
| Knowledge service | Metadata | Global Food and Nutrition Security | Food security and food crisesClimate extremes and food security |Emergency aidFood and nutrition securitySafety netRisk management |
| Digital Europa Thesaurus (DET) | food securityhumanitarian aidnutritionfood aidVulnerable groups |
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