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Toward a theory of resilience for international development applications

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: We advance a theory of resilience as it applies to the challenges of international development. The conceptualization we advance for development resilience focuses on the stochastic dynamics of individual and collective human well-being, especially on the avoidance of and escape from chronic poverty over time in the face of myriad stressors and shocks. Development resilience clearly nests within it the related but distinct idea of humanitarian resilience and thereby offers a conceptual apparatus to integrate the humanitarian and development ambitions. We discuss the implications for programming, systems integration, and measurement.

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1320880111

Authors: Christopher B. Barrett, Mark A. Constas

Institutions: Cornell University, Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability

Language: English

Topic: Disaster Management and Resilience

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: International Livestock Research Institute

OpenAlex ID: W1969168758