Agriculture is the mainstay of the Kenyan economy, contributing to approximately 26 percent of the annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Pastoralist and agricultural activities are dependent on rain for sustainability. Erratic rainfall has led to...

Senegal is one of the poorest countries in the world but thanks to its political and social stability has experienced a higher economic growth compared to its neighboring countries. Senegalese population strongly relies on agriculture and livestock rearing activities: 46 percent of the...

This technical guidance provides a shared understanding of key concepts and best practices for designing and implementing Feed the Future programs under the Global Food Security Strategy; specifically about integrating resilience.

The National Resilience Strategy (NRS) introduces a new sense of common purpose to break the cycle of food insecurity in Malawi by bridging development and humanitarian interventions and prioritizing a continuum of more predictable livelihood support ‘packages’ that target vulnerable households...

This study analyses the interplay between urban planning and the business climate in shaping micro, small, and medium enterprise (MSME) resilience to the effects of December 2015 floods in Chennai, India.

This study assesses where and how practitioners can apply market systems development approaches to resilience-building in fragile contexts.

Health intersects with resilience and sustained poverty escapes in at least three ways. Poor health reduces well-being and can be a shock or stressor at the individual, household, community or systems level. It can also act as an important form of human capital, a resilience capacity that...

This course explores measurement approaches for shocks, stresses, and capacities so USAID staff and implementing partners can analyze their impact on well-being.

This course was designed to help USAID staff and implementing partners explore the driving factors of poverty and considerations for programming that can build capacities.

This course was designed for USAID staff and implementing partners, and explores the types of strategies, assets, and resources people can use to diversify and reduce their exposure to risk.