This case study provides a technical overview of the collaborative process through which the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Fijian Government set up innovative structures to provide cash assistance ahead of anticipated cyclones.
This paper explains how, through close collaboration with the Fijian Government and other relevant stakeholders, WFP has developed a first-of-its-kind system where 100 percent of WFP’s anticipatory cash assistance will be channelled through the country’s existing social protection infrastructure. By building on the country’s disaster risk management capacities and leveraging the Government’s existing social protection infrastructure, the initiative promotes local ownership—firmly placing the Fijian Government and people in the driver’s seat of proactive disaster mitigation.
Christoph Baade and Osborne Sibande, 2024, Supercharging social protection systems with anticipatory cash: Case study on Fiji’s Anticipatory Action Framework
