Publication: Social Protection at the Humanitarian-Development Nexus: Insights from Yemen
Date
2021-04
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Published
2021-04
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Abstract
In its seventh year of conflict, facing
successive shocks and a heightened risk of famine, Yemen has
been termed the world’s ‘worst humanitarian crisis.’ Against
this backdrop, there has been a drastic transformation of
Yemen’s social protection landscape, with the disruption of
several governmental SP programs, the continued functioning
of some national institutions and a massive increase in
humanitarian assistance programs. In this paper, authors
first review conceptual differences between humanitarian and
development assistance along several features, also noting
the blurring of sharp distinctions. The authors then assess
the institutional landscape of social assistance in Yemen,
using a unique dataset authors collated using administrative
data from a range of humanitarian and development agencies.
The authors compare programs in terms of scale, geographical
coverage, average benefit levels, and targeting. The authors
find that while there are important differences between
humanitarian and development approaches, there are also many
areas of convergence. While the total number of people
covered by all humanitarian and development assistance
programs exceeds the national population, authors also find
evidence of likely exclusion of many poor households,
suggesting that there is significant scope to reduce
exclusion through improved coordination. The paper concludes
with a discussion of areas and specific proposals for
enhanced humanitarian-development coordination in the social
assistance space at the strategic, program, and
delivery-systems levels.
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Citation
“Ghorpade, Yashodhan; Ammar, Ali. 2021. Social Protection at the Humanitarian-Development Nexus: Insights from Yemen. Social Protection and Jobs Discussion Paper;No. 2104. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35421 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”