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Nisha Devi, who lost her baby due to anaemia
Credit: Cheena Kapoor
A loving husband, a steady income, and a healthy child on the way – at the beginning of last year Nisha Devi s future seemed bright. Then, her life started crumbling.
On March 22, with just four hours’ notice, a nationwide lockdown was imposed on India. As businesses and other activities ground to a halt, workers, especially migrant labourers like Devi s husband Sandeep Kumar, lost their livelihoods. Sandeep – along with hundreds of thousands of others – returned to their home villages to sit out the pandemic.
Days turned into months. With the family’s income reduced to almost nothing, there were days when the young couple had barely enough to eat. Then the government delivered the final blow by suspending its nutritional programmes.
Decoding public finance for disaster risk reduction and climate investments
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The need to increase investments in disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) is a well-accepted priority to minimize losses from disaster and climate change. However, there are challenges in articulating how much countries ought to spend, what areas they should prioritize, and which type of measure are more effective in achieving risk and losses reduction. The absence of baseline information on expenditure trends hampers the analysis of most cost-efficient ways to reduce risk.
One way to gain insights into the current levels of investments is by conducting a review of public expenditure. The goal of such a review and budget tracking is to advise decision-makers on where gaps exist to realign budgets with priorities.
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