Information on "Social Resilience" and "Eastern Africa"
January 2012
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2012
Assessing Vulnerability to Climate Variability and Change
Author: Isabel van de Sand
Publisher: German Development Institute
This study uses participatory approaches to assess vulnerability to climate variability in a watershed in Kenya. More on «Assessing Vulnerability to Climate Variability and Change»
June 2011
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Jun 2011
Exploring Resilience Avenues for Managing Covariant and Idiosyncratic Poverty Related Shocks
Author: Flora Kessy, Vendelin Tarmo
Publisher: Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC)
This study identifies covariant and idiosyncratic shocks that make households vulnerable, and how these are managed. More on «Exploring Resilience Avenues for Managing Covariant and Idiosyncratic Poverty Related Shocks»
January 2009
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Jan 2009
Vulnerability, Poverty and Coping in Zimbabwe
Author: Kate Bird, Martin Prowse
Publisher: Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC)
This paper uses five life histories from three locations in Zimbabwe - one peri-urban, one urban and one rural - to provide a window on current processes of impoverishment and adverse coping. More on «Vulnerability, Poverty and Coping in Zimbabwe»
May 2008
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May 2008
Social Protection for Low Capacity Households in Zambia
Author: Rebecca Holmes, Rachel Slater
Publisher: Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
Social protection is seen as a central pillar of growth in Zambia's National Development Plan, but its implementation remains a challenge. More on «Social Protection for Low Capacity Households in Zambia»


