Cash in the City : The Case of Port-au-Prince
Following the 2010 devastating earthquake and subsequent cholera epidemic, Port-au-Prince’s residents have been increasingly affected by food insecurity, socio-economic unrest including periods of complete lock-down, and gang violence. In light of...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099755004052229567/IDU09eb3d5e00298d043ee09e740fa2adfe56744 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37443 |
| Summary: | Following the 2010 devastating
earthquake and subsequent cholera epidemic, Port-au-Prince’s
residents have been increasingly affected by food
insecurity, socio-economic unrest including periods of
complete lock-down, and gang violence. In light of the
insecurity which limits the possibilities to collect the
necessary information to target the vulnerable residents of
Port-au-Prince, this paper aims at providing meaningful
evidence to inform the remote targeting and delivery of a
potential social assistance program. Putting together
household and geospatial data, we compute a composite
vulnerability indicator for the metropolitan area, offering
a first snapshot of inequality and vulnerability within the
city, and discuss the results’ implications for social
protection programming. |
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