Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/289961 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IDB Working Paper Series No. IDB-WP-01428
Publisher: 
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Washington, DC
Abstract: 
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is one of the regions most exposed and vulnerable to climate-related risks, with large shocks occurring regularly. Climate change is exacerbating the frequency and variability of climate related extremes and increasing slow onset events, threatening social and economic outcomes in the region. Responding to climate change will require stronger risk management systems that include social protection. Social protection systems in LAC are relatively advanced, but they do not yet consider climate shocks. Overall, social protection systems suffer from relatively low coverage, leaving significant parts of the population vulnerable to transient and chronic poverty in the face of shocks. The large social protection responses that LAC implemented to address the impacts of COVID-19 present an opportunity to prepare for the challenges arising from increased climate-related shocks. This study investigates how noncontributory social protection (mainly income support) has been used to respond to previous climaterelated shocks and to COVID-19, and what are the implications for managing climate-related shocks in the future.
Subjects: 
shock-responsive social protection
cash transfers
climate change
Latin America
Caribbean
JEL: 
I38
Q54
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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