resilience

RESILIENCE

Events
Series of four virtual regional dialogues covering anglophone and francophone Africa, South Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
Events
A virtual seminar hosted by the African Development Institute (ADI) of the African Development Bank.
Events
This seminar on May 9 will provide a space to discuss effective strategies for building resilience through financial inclusion, and make a call for more research on this urgent challenge. Register here to participate in person or online.
Blog
Growing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, such as Cyclone Idai in Mozambique, are increasingly viewed as a consequence of climate change. This is true globally, but particularly for areas like southern Africa. What is the way forward from Idai’s aftermath?
Webinar
Climate change matters for all people. Does it matter particularly for young people? If so, where and how? Join our webinar with Karen Brooks and Keith Wiebe on February 7 to discuss!
Blog
The authors use the example of the Buena Milpa agricultural development project to demonstrate how grassroots approaches to collective action, conflict prevention, and social-ecological resilience, linking local stakeholder dynamics to the broader institutional and governance context, can bear fruit amidst postconflict development challenges.
Blog
In this video, Daniel Gilligan, senior research fellow at IFPRI and leader of PIM's research flagship “Social Protection for Agriculture and Resilience”, discusses why social protection programs, such as cash transfers, food rations, school meals, and public works are now a leading strategy that governments use to help reduce poverty and help households to become more resilient.
Blog
Drylands make up about 43 percent of the region’s land surface, account for about 75 percent of the area used
Blog
Cross-posted from IFPRI Publications The Wenchuan County earthquake of 2008 was the most severe earthquake, as measured in sheer magnitude, in