Financing Adaptive Social Protection for Drought in Malawi to Protect the Vulnerable
Learn how Malawi used disaster risk financing to support their adaptive social protection efforts.
July's ResilienceLinks theme month is Social Protection and Disaster Risk Financing. Join us in learning how the Government of Malawi, with support from the World Bank’s Crisis and Disaster Risk Finance team, was able to design scalable social cash transfers through the Malawi Social Support for Resilient Livelihoods Project using disaster risk financing for adaptive social protection.
Meet the Host
Lara Evans is a social protection advisor with USAID’s Center for Resilience. In her work, Lara endeavors to build and strengthen social protection systems by helping governments to enact policies and implement programs that reduce socio-economic deprivations, promote human dignity, strengthen social cohesion and provide equal access to public goods and services for all. Lara has been in the field of international development since childhood growing up overseas. She has over 25 years of experience.
Evie Calcutt is a qualified actuary in the World Bank’s Finance, Competitiveness, and Innovation practice. Based in London, UK, Evie largely supports operations in East and Southern Africa, working with Ministries of Finance to improve their financial resilience to disaster shocks, leading the development of analytical tools which support Ministries of Finance in their selection of financial instruments and supporting the development of disaster risk financing mechanisms for scalable safety nets and agri-finance programs. Evie has been a team member for the Malawi Social Support for Resilient Livelihoods project since 2019.
Mulder Mkutumula is a Disaster Risk Finance Specialist who works as a Scalable Safety Net Mechanism Coordinator at National Local Government Finance Committee (NLGFC) in Malawi. He has been working as Disaster Risk Management, Humanitarian and Social Protection Practitioner since 2010. He worked as a Chief Disater Recovery Officer in the Department of Disaster Management Affairs before joining NLGFC. He also worked with Development Management Associates and Theatre For Change as a Financial Management Specialist. He brings a wealth of knowledge and insights to the table on these areas. Mulder believes that “the faster support can reach the poor and vulnerable before the shock, the less likely they are to resort to negative coping strategies.” Mulder holds an MSc in International Humanitarian in Action and an MBA in Financial Management.