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The Role of Community Social Protection in Natural Disaster Risk Management in Cambodia

In: Resilience and Recovery in Asian Disasters

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  • Sann Vathana

    (Social Protection Coordination Unit (CARD-SPCU))

  • Sothea Oum

    (Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East-Asia)

  • Ponhrith Kan

    (Social Protection Coordination Unit (CARD-SPCU))

  • Colas Chervier

    (Social Protection Coordination Unit (CARD-SPCU))

Abstract

The poor and vulnerable in rural areas of Cambodia face a pattern of risks from natural disaster that poses an increasing threat to their livelihoods. One third of the past 3 years has been taken up either with flooding or with drought with the drought periods were more prolonged than the floods. The damage caused by flood and drought was comparable, although the flood of 2011 was the most extensive of the disasters. This chapter illuminates the impact of disasters and the social protection interventions on household welfare. It addresses the entitlement failure of poor and vulnerable people suffering from the impacts of flood and drought. We suggest designing community-level social protection interventions to emphasize ex-ante instruments rather than the ex post response to natural disasters through emergency assistance and relief. Cash transfers programs provide direct assistance in the form of cash to the poor. Ex-ante cash transfer programs can play a crucial role in encouraging poor households to invest in business rather than spending on food. Microfinance schemes can also help ex-ante income diversification that can bolster households against widespread natural disasters.

Suggested Citation

  • Sann Vathana & Sothea Oum & Ponhrith Kan & Colas Chervier, 2015. "The Role of Community Social Protection in Natural Disaster Risk Management in Cambodia," Risk, Governance and Society, in: Daniel P. Aldrich & Sothea Oum & Yasuyuki Sawada (ed.), Resilience and Recovery in Asian Disasters, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 35-50, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:rischp:978-4-431-55022-8_3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-55022-8_3
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    1. Tariqur Rahman Bhuiyan & Ah Choy Er & Nurfashareena Muhamad & Joy Jacqueline Pereira, 2021. "The socioeconomic impact of climate-related hazards: flash flood impact assessment in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 109(2), pages 1509-1538, November.

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