Disaster - Resilient Microfinance: Learning from Communities Affected by Typhoon Haiyan

Abstract

The Philippines is prone to frequent and extreme weather shocks and climate-related disasters. Poor households engaged in agricultural and fisheries sectors particularly feel the effects of these shocks given the direct impact of weather on their livelihoods. The poor are remarkably resilient and this resilience is enhanced further by their families, their communities and by government and nongovernment organizations, such as our parent World Vision, providing targeted support.