Financing adaptive social protection in Chad: Disaster risk finance diagnostic

This report seeks provide an in-depth analysis on the social protection and disaster risk financing (DRF) landscape in the Sahel region. This is the third in a series of diagnostic reports, focusing specifically on Chad, aimed at informing the design and programming of the Centre for Disaster Protection's support to the World Bank Sahel Adaptive Social Protection Programme (SASPP). The report provides an overview of:

1. The main disaster events resulting in significant economic and fiscal impacts over the past 20 years.
2. Existing legislation, institutional arrangements and government programmes to deliver and finance disaster preparedness, disaster response and social protection.
3. DRF sources and instruments relevant to adaptive social protection (ASP).

The report concludes with a series of recommendations that could enhance domestic capabilities to better anticipate, plan for and finance social protection responses to disaster risk, particularly for increasingly severe droughts. Some of the recommendations are given below:

• Build a conducive environment for risk transfer instruments that have the potential to facilitate resilience building and ASP.
• Strengthen macro-insurance products and channelling of payouts for response.
• Expand coverage of the Safety Nets Programme to areas of Chad most exposed to droughts and floods.