Tools & Guidance

Curated evidence, insights and resources to plan, implement and integrate resilience approaches into your programs, as well as tools to measure resilience.

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Technical Guidance

Urban Resilience Technical Guidance

01 Apr 2023
USAID

As urban populations continue to grow, development programmers must explore evidence-based, practical guidance on how to strengthen urban resilience.

Climate Change
Disaster Risk Reduction
Urban Infrastructure
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Policy Brief

How to Increase Financing for Urban Climate Adaptation and Resilience: 7 Key Actions for National Governments to Take

01 Nov 2022
Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance

Read how national policymakers can work with other key stakeholders to scale finance for climate adaptation and resilience.

Climate Change
Climate Finance
Urban Infrastructure
Financial Inclusion
LCS
Operational Strategy

USAID Local Capacity Strengthening (LCS) Policy

01 Oct 2022
United States Agency for International Development

The LCS Policy guides USAID decisions about why and how to invest in the capacity of local partners to better achieve inclusive and locally led development.

Japanese street food market
Technical Guidance

What Are Future Financing Options for Shock Responsive Social Protection?

31 May 2021
Social Protection Approaches to COVID-19 Expert Advice Service, DAI Global

How can development partners finance shock-responsive social protection? This resource provides approaches to financing, financing instruments and more.

Conflict and Fragility
Sustainable Poverty Escapes
Social Protection
Social Capital
Financial Inclusion
Policy Brief

Preparing for Future Shocks: Priority Actions for Social Protection Practitioners in the Wake of COVID-19

01 Sep 2020
Social Protection Approaches to COVID-19: Expert Advice Helpline; DAI Global, GSMA, Centre for Disaster Protection and High-Quality Technical Assistance for Results

Social protection strategies need to evolve in order to effectively manage risks in response to future shocks.

Social Protection
Social Capital
Social Inclusion
Technical Guidance

Ending Drought Emergencies Common Programme Framework

23 Sep 2019
Republic of Kenya Ministry of Devolution and Planning

The Common Programme Framework to End Drought Emergencies epresents the first phase of a ten-year programme to end drought emergencies in Kenya by 2022.

Kenya
Operational Strategy

Operational Strategy for the Shock Responsive RISE Portfolio

23 Sep 2019
USAID

The RISE portfolio aims to strengthen resiliency in communities and governments in selected, somewhat adjoining areas of Burkina Faso and Niger.

Niger Burkina Faso Climate Change Conflict and Fragility
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Technical Guidance

Market Systems for Resilience: A framework for measurement

18 Sep 2019
USAID

Market systems resilience is a relatively unexplored area in development. This paper explores market systems resilience and proposes a theory of change for strengthening market system resilience.

Market Systems