{"id":9936,"date":"2026-09-11T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/ground_post\/bangladesh-anticipatory-action-impact-evaluation\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T12:00:00","slug":"bangladesh-anticipatory-action-impact-evaluation","status":"publish","type":"ground_post","link":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/ground_post\/bangladesh-anticipatory-action-impact-evaluation\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh, Anticipatory Action: Impact evaluation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<article class=\"content-side-image wfp-wrapper ph3 ph0-lg clearfix mb4\">\n<figure class=\"content-side-image__image nvl-compensate-side-padding--until-md\">\n    <!-- Cover image --><br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfp.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/large\/public\/publication_covers\/b3d165aa2dc0fd0f669df57a29ad71f6.jpg?itok=mg4TGXnb\" width=\"339\" height=\"480\" alt=\"https:\/\/docs.wfp.org\/api\/documents\/WFP-0000175893\/download\/\"><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<div class=\"content-side-image__content\">\n    <!-- Rich-text content --><\/p>\n<div class=\"summary mb4\">\n     This report presents the findings of a rigorous impact evaluation conducted by WFP&#8217;s Office of Evaluation (OEV), in partnership with the World Bank\u2019s Development Impact Evaluation (DIME) department, focused on anticipatory cash transfers in response to severe flooding in Bangladesh.\n  <\/div>\n<div class=\"field field--body mb4\">\n<p>Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to flooding, with climate change expected to increase the frequency and severity of flood events, threatening food security, livelihoods and well-being. Anticipatory Action, or forecast-based financing, seeks to reduce negative humanitarian impacts by using credible forecasts to trigger assistance before a natural disaster reaches its peak.<\/p>\n<p>To assess whether acting before floods is more effective than responding afterward, WFP\u2019s Office of Evaluation, in partnership with the World Bank, conducted a randomized controlled trial comparing anticipatory cash transfers with two post-shock responses \u2013 one response approximately one month after the flood peak, and the second, two months after the flood peak (the standard emergency response). <strong>The evaluation finds clear evidence that providing cash assistance before floods peaked generated significant benefits compared with equivalent transfers delivered after the flood.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The findings contribute to global efforts to improve emergency response and build resilience through forecast-based anticipatory action.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"document-download\">\n<h2 class=\"fs5 fs4-lg\">\n          Download &#8220;Evaluation report&#8221;<br \/>\n      <\/h2>\n<p class=\"document-download__file-type file-type file-type--document\">PDF | 5.65 MB<\/p>\n<div class=\"document-download__buttons buttons\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.wfp.org\/api\/documents\/WFP-0000175893\/download\/\" class=\"button-new button-new--primary\" aria-label=\"Open in English\">English<\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"field field--field-publication-links\">\n<div>\n<section class=\"document-links-table\">\n<table class=\"wfp-wrapper wfp-table--data mb4\" data-visible-rows=\"5\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Document<\/th>\n<th class=\"document-links-table__actions-head\">File<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Brief<\/td>\n<td>\n<div class=\"document-links-table__actions-cell\">\n                              <span class=\"file-type file-type--document\">PDF | 1.2 MB<\/span><br \/>\n                <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.wfp.org\/api\/documents\/WFP-0000175894\/download\/\" class=\"document-links-table__link button-new button-new--primary\">Download<\/a>\n                          <\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<footer class=\"document-links-table__footer\">\n      <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"#\" class=\"document-links-table__view-all button-new\">View all<\/a><br \/>\n    <\/footer>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfp.org\/publications\/bangladesh-anticipatory-action-impact-evaluation?rand=6474\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This report presents the findings of a rigorous impact evaluation conducted by WFP&#8217;s Office of Evaluation (OEV), in partnership with the World Bank\u2019s Development Impact Evaluation (DIME) department, focused on anticipatory cash transfers in response to severe flooding in Bangladesh. 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