Our resilience library

The Resilience Library is a carefully selected collection of useful resources on various aspects of drought resilience, curated by the Technical Consortium. This library of journal articles and reports aims to provide researchers, NGOs, government and interested parties in the private sector with an important research tool.

To begin your search, select the category below that you would like to explore and a list of resources relevant to that category will be provided.

  • Our Approach to Applied Resilience

  • Report 13

    Spatial analysis for investment targeting: pilot tool

    Rob Davies and Tim Wroblewski
  • Report 12

    Modeling potential livestock losses and vulnerability due to drought in the IGAD region

    Rob Davies and Tim Wroblewski
  • Report 9

    Assessing resilience to drought: defining drought and reviewing trends in the Horn of Africa

    Joshua Busby and Todd Smith
  • Report 6

    The creation of a household resilience index using limited data from the IGAD region

    Joshua Busby and Todd Smith
  • Report 10

    The application of decision analysis modelling for investment targeting

    Eike Luedeling, Keith Shepherd, Jan de Leeuw and Katie Downie
  • Report 8

    Modeling resilience with applied information economics (AIE)

    Doug Hubbard, Matt Millar
  • Report 5

    Gaps in spatial data for social, ecological and economic systems

    Rob Davies and Tim Wroblewski
  • Report 4

    Modeling livestock feed and fodder availablityin the ASALs of the IGAD region

    Rob Davies and Tim Wroblewski
  • Report 1

    Preliminary review of datasets to inform the development of IGAD MS baselines

    Sabrina Chesterman and Katie Downie
  • Indicators of community vulnerability and adaptive capacity across the Murray-Darling Basin: a focus on irrigation in agriculture

    Indicators of community vulnerability and adaptive capacity across the Murray-Darling Basin: a focus on irrigation in agriculture

    Woolley J, Douthwaite B. (2011)
  • Valuing ecosystem services for conservation and development purposes: A case study from Kenya

    Valuing ecosystem services for conservation and development purposes: A case study from Kenya

    Silvestri S, Zaibet L, Said MY, Kifugo SC. (2013)
  • Using small-scale adaptation actions to address the food crisis in the Horn of Africa: Going beyond food aid and cash transfers

    Using small-scale adaptation actions to address the food crisis in the Horn of Africa: Going beyond food aid and cash transfers

    Munang R, Nkem JN. (2011)
  • Tracking the real value of pastoralism

    Tracking the real value of pastoralism

    IIED Climate Change Group (2010)
  • Toward resilience: A guide to disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation

    Toward resilience: A guide to disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation

    Turnbull M, Sterrett CL, Hilleboe A. (2013)
  • The road to strengthening community resilience in East Africa: Advocacy report

    The road to strengthening community resilience in East Africa: Advocacy report

    International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (2013)
  • The resilience renaissance? Unpacking of resilience for tackling climate change and disasters

    The resilience renaissance? Unpacking of resilience for tackling climate change and disasters

    Bahadur AV, Ibrahim M, Tanner T. (2010)
  • The relevance of 'resilience'?

    The relevance of 'resilience'?

    Levine S, Pain A, Bailey S, Fan L.
  • The interplay of well-being and resilience in applying a social-ecological perspective

    The interplay of well-being and resilience in applying a social-ecological perspective

    Armitage D, Bene C, Charles AT, Johnson D, Allison EH. (2012)
  • The characteristics of resilience building: a discussion paper

    The characteristics of resilience building: a discussion paper

    Interagency Resilience Working Group (2012)
  • Testing for household resilience to food insecurity: evidence from Nicaragua

    Testing for household resilience to food insecurity: evidence from Nicaragua

    Ciani F, Romano D. (2002)
  • Should enhanced resilience be an objective of natural resource management research for developing countries?

    Should enhanced resilience be an objective of natural resource management research for developing countries?

    Walker B, Sayer J, Andrew NL, Campbell B. (2010)
  • Securing life and livelihoods in rural Afghanistan: the role of social relationships

    Securing life and livelihoods in rural Afghanistan: the role of social relationships

    Kantor P, Pain A. (2010)
  • Rethinking ecosystem resilience in the face of climate change

    Rethinking ecosystem resilience in the face of climate change

    Cote IM, Darling ES. (2010)
  • Resilience, vulnerability and adaptive capacity: Implications for system performance

    Resilience, vulnerability and adaptive capacity: Implications for system performance

    Dalziell EP, McManus ST.
  • Resilience, panarchy and world-systems analysis

    Resilience, panarchy and world-systems analysis

    Gotts NM. (2007)
  • Resilience, food security dynamics and poverty traps in Northern Ethiopia: Analysis of a Biannual Panal Dataset 2011-2013

    Resilience, food security dynamics and poverty traps in Northern Ethiopia: Analysis of a Biannual Panal Dataset 2011-2013

    Maxwell D, Vaitla B, Tesfay G, Abadai N. (2013)
  • Resilience and vulnerability: Complementary or conflicting concepts?

    Resilience and vulnerability: Complementary or conflicting concepts?

    Miller F, Osbahr H, Boyd E, Thomalla F, Bharwani S, Ziervogel G, Walker B, Birkmann J, van der Leeuw S, Rockstrom J, Hinkel J, Downing T, Folke C, Nelson D. (2010)
  • Resilience: New utopia or new tyranny? Reflection about the potentials and limits of the concept of resilience in relation to vulnerability reduction programmes

    Resilience: New utopia or new tyranny? Reflection about the potentials and limits of the concept of resilience in relation to vulnerability reduction programmes

    Bene C, Wood RG, Newsham A, Davies M. (2012)
  • Promoting resilient livelihoods through adaptive social protection: lessons from 124 programmes in South Asia

    Promoting resilient livelihoods through adaptive social protection: lessons from 124 programmes in South Asia

    Davies M, Bene C, Arnall A, Tanner T, Newsham A, Coirolo C. (2013)
  • Promoting innovation and evidence-based approaches to resilience and responding to humanitarian crises: A DFID strategy paper

    Promoting innovation and evidence-based approaches to resilience and responding to humanitarian crises: A DFID strategy paper

    DFID
  • Pastoralists, Peace and Livelihoods: Economic interventions to build peace in Karamoja, Uganda

    Pastoralists, Peace and Livelihoods: Economic interventions to build peace in Karamoja, Uganda

    Ferreri J, Frei B, Ross B, Stoker C. (2011)
  • Pastoralism in the Horn of Africa: Diverse livelihood pathways

    Pastoralism in the Horn of Africa: Diverse livelihood pathways

    Future Agricultures (2012)
  • Pastoralism: drylands' invisible asset? Developing a framework for assessing the value of pastoralism in East Africa

    Pastoralism: drylands' invisible asset? Developing a framework for assessing the value of pastoralism in East Africa

    Hesse C, MacGregor J. (2006)
  • Options for including disaster resilience in post-2015 development goals

    Options for including disaster resilience in post-2015 development goals

    Mitchell T. (2012)
  • Moving up or moving out? A rapid livelihoods and conflict analysis in Mieso-Mulu Woreda, Shinile Zone, Somali Region, Ethiopia

    Moving up or moving out? A rapid livelihoods and conflict analysis in Mieso-Mulu Woreda, Shinile Zone, Somali Region, Ethiopia

    Catley A, Iyasu A. (2010)
  • Managing Famine Risk: Linking early warning to early action

    Managing Famine Risk: Linking early warning to early action

    Bailey R. (2013)
  • Livestock livelihoods and institutions in the IGAD region

    Livestock livelihoods and institutions in the IGAD region

    Sandford J, Ashley S. (2008)
  • Livelihoods strategies and household resilience to food insecurity: an empirical analysis to Kenya

    Livelihoods strategies and household resilience to food insecurity: an empirical analysis to Kenya

    Alinovi L, D'Errico M, Mane E, Romano D. (2010)
  • Livelihoods in protracted crises

    Livelihoods in protracted crises

    Levine S. (2012)
  • International model for policy analysis of agricultural commodities and trade (IMPACT): Model description

    International model for policy analysis of agricultural commodities and trade (IMPACT): Model description

  • Integrating climate change adaptation into public health practice: Using adaptive management to increase adaptive capacity and build resilience

    Integrating climate change adaptation into public health practice: Using adaptive management to increase adaptive capacity and build resilience

    Hess JJ, McDowell JZ, Luber G. (2011)
  • Indicators of adaptive capacity to climate change for agriculutre in the Prairie Region of Canada

    Indicators of adaptive capacity to climate change for agriculutre in the Prairie Region of Canada

    Swanson D, Hiley J, Veneme HD, Grosshans R. (2007)
  • Improving the resilience of small farm households through research partnership: A review of evidence from CPWF projects

    Improving the resilience of small farm households through research partnership: A review of evidence from CPWF projects

    Woolley J, Douthwaite B. (2011)
  • IASC real-time evaluation of the humanitarian response to the Horn of Africa drought crisis

    IASC real-time evaluation of the humanitarian response to the Horn of Africa drought crisis

    Paul J. (2012)
  • HECA regional food security and livelihoods framework (Draft)

    HECA regional food security and livelihoods framework (Draft)

    Oxfam (2012)
  • Global public policy narratives on the drylands and pastoralism

    Global public policy narratives on the drylands and pastoralism

  • From Poverty to Power

    From Poverty to Power

    Green D.
  • From metaphor to measurement: Resilience of what to what?

    From metaphor to measurement: Resilience of what to what?

    Carpenter S, Walker B, Anderies JM, Abel N. (2001)
  • From conflict to coping: Evidence from Southern Ethiopia on the contributions of peacebuilding to drought resilience among pastoralist groups (Research Brief)

    From conflict to coping: Evidence from Southern Ethiopia on the contributions of peacebuilding to drought resilience among pastoralist groups (Research Brief)

    MercyCorps (2012)
  • From conflict to coping: Evidence from Southern Ethiopia on the contributions of peacebuilding to drought resilience among pastoralist groups

    From conflict to coping: Evidence from Southern Ethiopia on the contributions of peacebuilding to drought resilience among pastoralist groups

    MercyCorps (2012)
  • Focusing the meaning(s) of resilience: Resilience as a descriptive concept and a boundary object

    Focusing the meaning(s) of resilience: Resilience as a descriptive concept and a boundary object

    Brand FS, Jax K. (2007)
  • Famine early warning and early action: The cost of delay

    Famine early warning and early action: The cost of delay

    Bailey R. (2012)
  • EU approach to resilience: Learning from food crises

    EU approach to resilience: Learning from food crises

    European Commission (2012)
  • Enhancing resilience to food security shocks in Africa: Discussion paper

    Enhancing resilience to food security shocks in Africa: Discussion paper

    Frankenberger T, Sprangler T, Nelson S, Langworthy M. (2012)
  • Enhancing resilience to food security shocks: White paper (draft)

    Enhancing resilience to food security shocks: White paper (draft)

    Frankenberger T, Langworthy M, Spangler T, Nelson S. (2012)
  • Enhancing resiience to food insecurity amid protracted crisis

    Enhancing resiience to food insecurity amid protracted crisis

    Frankenberger TR. (2012)
  • Enhancing resilience in the Horn of Africa: an exploration into alternative investment options

    Enhancing resilience in the Horn of Africa: an exploration into alternative investment options

    Headey D, Taffesse AS, You L. (2012)
  • Enhancing Resilience in the Horn of Africa

    Enhancing Resilience in the Horn of Africa

    Ericksen P, Neely C, Chesterman S, Downie K. (2012)
  • Emergency Market Mapping and Analysis (EMMA)

    Emergency Market Mapping and Analysis (EMMA): Report for the Abyei Crisis

    MercyCorps (2011)
  • Determinants of food security in Kenya, a gender perspective

    Determinants of food security in Kenya, a gender perspective

    Kassie M, Ndiritu SW, Shiferaw B. (2012)
  • Designing resilient, sustainable systems

    Designing resilient, sustainable systems

    Fiksel J. (2003)
  • Cattle raiding in Karamoja

    Cattle raiding in Karamoja: A conflict and market assessment

    MercyCorps (2011)
  • Building resilience: bridging food security, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction

    Building resilience: bridging food security, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction

    World Food Programme (2011)
  • Adaptation to environmental change

    Adaptation to environmental change: contributions of a resilience framework

    Nelson DR, Adger WN, Brown K. (2007)
  • A conceptual anaylsis of livelihoods and resilience

    A conceptual anaylsis of livelihoods and resilience: addressing the 'insecurity of agency'

    Pain A, Levine S. (2012)