Resilience: From Conceptualization to Effective Intervention

ResourceSS_resilienceIn this policy brief for humanitarian and development agencies, the authors define resilience as the process of harnessing biological, psychosocial, structural, environmental and cultural resources to sustain wellbeing. This policy brief seeks to address the following three questions: What is distinctive in a resilience-based approach? What are the practical implications for programming of such an approach? How can the impact of resilience-based approaches be evaluated?

 

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Resilience: From Conceptualization to Effective Intervention

Author(s): Alastair Ager, Jeannie Annan, Catherine Panter-Brick
Year of Publication: 2013
Resource Type: policy brief

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