Measuring development process resilience: A test from northern Kenya Lance W. Robinson, Jonathan Davies, Polly J. Ericksen and Simon Mugatha IFPRI 2020 Policy Consultation and Conference, Side Event on Measuring and Evaluating Resilience in Drylands of East Africa, Addis Ababa, 15-17 May 2014
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Measuring development process resilience: A test from northern Kenya
Presented by Lance W. Robinson, Jonathan Davies, Polly J. Ericksen and Simon Mugatha at the IFPRI 2020 Policy Consultation and Conference, Side Event on Measuring and Evaluating Resilience in Drylands of East Africa, Addis Ababa, 15-17 May 2014
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Measuring development process resilience: A test from northern Kenya
Lance W. Robinson, Jonathan Davies,Polly J. Ericksen and Simon Mugatha
IFPRI 2020 Policy Consultation and Conference, Side Event on Measuring and Evaluating Resilience in Drylands of East Africa,
Addis Ababa, 15-17 May 2014
Social-Ecological Resilience
“The capacity of a system to absorb disturbance and reorganize while undergoing change so as to still retain essentially the same function, structure, identity, and feedbacks.”
(Walker et al., 2004, p. 5).
Not necessarily desirable.
(e.g., poverty traps)
Development Resilience
“The ability of a household to keep with a certain level of well-being (i.e. being food secure) by withstanding shocks and stresses”
(FAO, 2010).
“The capacity to cope with adverse stressors/shocks without adverse development consequences .” (Resilience Measurement Technical Working Group)
Development Resilience
In the face of recurring drought:
• The DRR community focuses on maintaining well-being in the short-term, and
• The development community focuses on interested in improving well-being in the longer term.
Measurement ofDevelopment Resilience
Some Key Principles for Resilience Measurement
Distinguish outcomes of resilience from determinants of resilience
Development resilience is not simplyo The inverse of vulnerabilityo Coping with shocks
More and better data vs. economy and realism -- need for a balance
Resilience Measurement:Three Main Types of Data
We need measures of:• The state of human development
(indicators of well-being, and their changes over time),
• Shocks (measures of the extent and severity of shocks such as droughts), and
• Broader social and ecological conditions (indicators of determinants of resilience).