Making the concept of resilience in the Sahel more useful

ƒ The dominance of resilience-speak has also divorced the resilience sector from the real world in several critical ways. The problem identification (‘more droughts, more vulnerability’) does not relate to the facts; the problem analysis is disconnected from concrete issues in people’s lives; and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) in resilience language is preventing lessons being learned about what actually helps people.

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  2022-04-21

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  DOI 10.61755/igkw1414
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