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How Will We Know? Challenges and promising approaches to measuring resilience

35. How Will We Know? Challenges and promising approaches to measuring resilience . Jon Kurtz FSN Network Regional Knowledge Sharing Meeting Nov 2012. Content . Challenges Promising approaches Remaining gaps . Measurement challenge #1 Temporal. Promising practice:

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How Will We Know? Challenges and promising approaches to measuring resilience

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  1. 35 How Will We Know? Challenges and promising approaches tomeasuring resilience Jon Kurtz FSN Network Regional Knowledge Sharing Meeting Nov 2012

  2. Content • Challenges • Promising approaches • Remaining gaps

  3. Measurement challenge #1 Temporal

  4. Promising practice: ‘Characteristic' approaches Oxfam’s Key Dimensions of Resilience FAO’s (Alinovi et al) Resilience Index

  5. Measurement challenge #2 Dimensional ACCCRN TANGO Practical Action GIZ?

  6. Mercy Corps Somalia resiliencestudyConceptual Framework Socio demographic attributes • Sex of head of HH- # of HH members- Average HH education-Housing conditions-Wealth status Enabling Environment • -Freedom of movement- Security -Access to natural resources -Access to services-Social support-Livelihood diversity-Governance / Institutional performance-Women’s role in HH decisions Resilience • Expenditures-Assets loss (due to shock)- Household dietary diversity- Distressful coping strategies- Adaptive strategies Shocks • Type experienced: Drought, conflict- Exposure: Length, extent, magnitude

  7. HH Survey Findings Mercy Corps Ethiopia research Key Findings Factors associated with use of distressful coping mechanisms

  8. Measurement challenge #3 Boundaries ?

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