household investments in child education, nutrition, and health, and increase the investment in productive assets which foster …

expanded only over the past two decades. Social Protection Program Spending and Household Welfare in Ghana assesses the …, incidence, and effectiveness for reducing poverty and inequality, using recent national household sample survey data …. Furthermore, the study examines the relationship between household participation in social assistance programs and exposure to …

China has long known more than its fair share of disasters, including earthquakes, typhoons, floods, and droughts. The …. Learning from these efforts will be critical to strengthening resilience building efforts in China and beyond. In that spirit …, this Knowledge Note distills some lessons from China's progress in many areas of disaster risk management. The note does …