Resilience in Practice
Programme Briefing Paper
RESILIENCE IN PRACTICE
SUSAN UPTON MAGGIE IBRAHIM
Front Cover: Don Zenon with his improved potatoes, Ancash, Peru (Mainstreaming Livelihood Centred Approaches to Disaster Risk Reduction; DFID, Conflict and Humanitarian Fund) 2010. Practical Action Peru
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Acknowledgements
This paper has evolved from the work of the Reducing Vulnerability Programme at Practical Action. It is based on six country case studies from Peru, Nepal, Kenya, Sudan and Bangladesh. The authors would like to acknowledge the contribution of the women, men and children that have been involved in Practical Action projects as well as project staff and project partners. The authors send out a warm thanks to the staff in Practical Action regional and country offices of Latin America, East Africa and South Asia for contributing these cases studies. We are grateful to Gehendra Gurung, Haseeb Irfanullah, Willie Tuimising, Max Watanabe and Sazzad Hossain Miah for their comments. Thank you to Hilary Warburton for guidance, insight and comments.
Copyright ©Practical Action 2012
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Repairing flood defences, Mainstreaming Livelihood Centred Disaster Risk Reduction Project, Practical Action, Nepal.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements Table of Contents Executive Summary
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Introduction: The V2R in Practice The Development Challenge What is Resilience? How Practical Action Operationalizes Resilience
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Case Study One: Mainstreaming Livelihood-Centred Disaster Risk Reduction in Peru Case Study Two: Mainstreaming Livelihood Centred Disaster Risk Reduction in Nepal Case Study Three: The Drought Mitigation Initiative, Kenya Case Study Four: Greening Darfur, Sudan Case Study Five: From Vulnerability to Resilience: Household Preparedness in Bangladesh Case Study Six: Practical Solutions for Indigenous and Migrant Communities in Peru
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Lessons Learnt Recommendations from Evidence Recommendations for Policy and Programmes Recommendations for Further Research Conclusion: Reflecting on Achievements Bibliography Appendix One: Table of how each project covers aspects of the V2R Framework
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