Systems
There is an increasing recognition that market, social, ecological, and other systems can have a significant impact on household and community resilience, as well as being a locus of resilience on their own.
Resilience is defined as the “ability of people, households, communities, countries, and systems to mitigate, adapt to, and recover from shocks and stresses in a manner that reduces chronic vulnerability and facilitates inclusive growth.” The multilevel nature and scale of resilience is key.
While progress has been made on measuring household- and community-level resilience, there is an increasing recognition that market, social, ecological, and other systems can have a significant impact on household and community resilience, as well as being a locus of resilience on their own. Market systems, for example, can increase household resilience by providing profitable, diversified livelihood opportunities, but are also themselves subject to shocks such as price fluctuations. More work needs to be done on identifying and measuring systems that scale resilience, and understanding systems that are already in place is important to help prevent activities that duplicate existing efforts and displace existing stakeholders.
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This paper builds on decades of psychology and social and behavioral change theory and practice to propose a social and behaviorally informed...
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This paper builds on decades of psychology and social and behavioral change theory and practice to propose a social and behaviorally informed approach to early warning system design, development, and implementation. The approach focuses on identifying proper early actions and the determinants of...
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In this concept note the authors discuss the importance and the challenges related to the measurement of resilience across and between scales. "Scales" are understood as “natural levels of observation or analysis” and the most commonly used levels are: individual, household, and community...
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This brief summarizes a USAID white paper on the linkages between education and resilience.
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This white paper explores the interaction between education and resilience and presents several recommendations on policy and programming.
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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.
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The 2019 SEEP Annual Conference theme – Building Resilience through Market Systems – will highlight proven and experimental strategies that harness the potential of the market to support people, enterprises and communities that are highly vulnerable to the shock-stress-shock...
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