Public works programmes for protection and climate resilience: theory of change and evidence in low-income countries

Abstract

"There is growing interest globally in the role that social protection (SP) can play in promoting resilience to climate change. Public works programmes (PWPs) have been identified as particularly suitable interventions for achieving this goal, although little conceptual understanding of how they might play this role has been developed. In this One Pager we present a broad Theory of Change (ToC), showing how PWPs could potentially increase resilience to climate change, and describe briefly the evidence base". (…)