Value for Money
It is estimated that every $1 invested in resilience will result in nearly $3 in reduced humanitarian spending and avoided asset losses over a 15-year period, but more research is required to understand which interventions have the greatest value for money.
Humanitarian responses to recurrent crises are costly. There is an urgent need to find ways to reduce the necessity and costs associated with these crises including lost lives and livelihoods, the cost to national and regional economies, and the unsustainable costs of responding to repeat, large scale humanitarian emergencies.
A study commissioned by USAID assessed the cost savings that could result from an earlier and more proactive response to drought in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia. It is estimated that every $1 invested in resilience and early response over a 15-year period will result in nearly $3 in reduced humanitarian spending and avoided asset losses.
However, additional evidence is required to determine which resilience interventions or combinations of interventions deliver highest value for money and have the greatest impact at the individual, household, community, and systems level in different contexts. This evidence will inform investment decision-making by national governments and international donors.
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A report comissioned by USAID to assess the cost savings that could result from an earlier and more proactive response to drought in Kenya,...
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The purpose of Guidance Note 7, Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) in Resilience Programming, is to provide a resource for policymakers and implementing organizations looking to identify cost-effective resilience interventions and to prioritize development resources...
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The Resilience Measurement Practical Guidance Note Series synthesizes existing technical documents into pragmatic guidance to assist practitioners in integrating core aspects of resilience measurement into their program assessments, design, monitoring, evaluation, and learning.
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This review builds on learnings from the Asia Resilience Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) workshop held in Bangkok, Thailand in July 2017.
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Resilience agenda within USAID was prompted by repeat large-scale humanitarian crises, and the increasing costs associated:
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The evidence, and the resulting discussion, presented during the 2017 Resilience Evidence Forum — hosted in Washington D.C. by the USAID Center for Resilience — are presented in the Resilience Evidence Forum Report.
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Ce cours présente aux participants les bases de la résilience comme un concept analytique, programmatique et organisationnel et couvre le travail de résilience de l'USAID jusqu’à présent.
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A report comissioned by USAID to assess the cost savings that could result from an earlier and more proactive response to drought in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia.
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