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The role of ultra-poor graduation programmes in building resilience to climate shocks

The role of ultra-poor graduation programmes in building resilience to climate shocks: A mixed-methods investigation in flood-prone Pakistan

Working paper Sustainable Growth and Energy

Poverty graduation programs offer a mix of productive assets, skills training, and consumption support to help alleviate extreme poverty. This research assesses the effectiveness of Pakistan's National Poverty Graduation Programme (NPGP), focusing on its impact on household resilience to climate-related shocks such as floods.

Authors

Saima Nawaz

Associate Professor of Economics, COMSATS University Islamabad

Rocco Zizzamia

Postdoctoral Researcher, Economics, University of Oxford

Nasir Iqbal

Associate Professor, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics

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