Adaptive Social Protection in Pakistan

About this project

Context: Pakistan’s population is increasingly feeling the impacts of climate change. More than 33 million people were affected by the floods of 2022. Those living in poverty or at risk are particularly vlnerable because their livelihoods heavily rely on agricultural activities, which are increasingly threatened by the adverse effects of climate change. While the Government of Pakistan has made significant efforts to establish a social protection system in the last 15 years. Further efforts are needed to ensure that the social protection system is adaptive, in order to build resilience of poor and vulnerable households before, during and after the occurrence of climate related and other shocks. Objective: The institutional, financial, and technical conditions for implementing adaptive and gender-transformative social protection in Pakistan have improved. Approach: The project contributes to developing capacities and improving capabilities and promoting organisational development in Pakistan, as well as achieving better coordination and policymaking across executing agencies and programmes. It operates in five areas: - Strengthening the institutional and financial foundations of the adaptive social protection system - Providing better access to adaptive social protection programmes especially for women - Improving technical and institutional conditions for regular data exchange on planning and implementing adaptive social protection programmes - Integrating social protection…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 1No Poverty
• 5Gender Equality
• 10Reduced Inequalities
• 13Climate Action

Published by

Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) · Government

Countries

Pakistan

Sectors

Social Protection

Focus

Gender equality · Main focusDisaster risk reduction · Also contributesGood governance · Also contributesClimate mitigation · Also contributesClimate adaptation · Also contributes

Places

Islamabad

Published by Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 31 Aug 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: DE-1-202320984.

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