Anticipatory Action

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Anticipatory action > humanitarian costs and crop/infrastructure losses

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Responding to these disasters early can reduce losses to crops, belongings, and infrastructure, lowering the cost of humanitarian assistance.

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Pre-arranged financing/Anticipatory action > faster disaster recovery and cost savings

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These approaches can save money, enable timelier and more reliable actions by prepared communities, and foster faster recovery from disasters relative to some more conventional and reactive approaches to aid.

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Pre-arranged financing/Anticipatory action > faster disaster recovery and cost savings

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These approaches can save money, enable timelier and more reliable actions by prepared communities, and foster faster recovery from disasters relative to some more conventional and reactive approaches to aid.

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Anticipatory action > reactive humanitarian response

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And we have massive evidence by now collectively that anticipatory action is cheaper, is faster, it is much more dignified. It empowers communities to meet disasters on their own terms.

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Anticipatory action frameworks > faster response to humanitarian shocks

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These policies are a very good way to be better prepared for WFP to respond faster because we can use the parametric instrument so that we can trigger funds faster and distribute them to our controversy so then can respond in coordination with governments.

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Anticipatory action programs > insurance company mechanisms

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Now we have a robust portfolio of anticipatory action programs that in essence are the equivalent of OCHA running a small insurance company. We operate in several countries exposed to flood risk, to drought risk, tropical cyclones, disease outbreaks and essentially what we do is we have put in place these scientific triggers.