The Resilience Evidence Forum (REF)
The Resilience Evidence Forum (REF) was held in Washington D.C. October 2-3, 2017 attended by almost 200 representatives of USAID, other multi-lateral donors, United Nations Organizations, private and academic research institutions, and international non-governmental organizations. The REF provided a forum for attendees to share and consolidate the emergent evidence and methodological approaches to resilience analysis; discuss ramifications of evidence for resilience policy and programming; and identify future directions and priorities for the resilience community of practice.
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Session Summaries and Presentations
Monday, October 2, 2017
OPENING
Greg Collins, USAID
WEBINAR RECORDING | VIDEO RECORDING
The Importance of Resilience and Resilience Evidence
CHAIR: Greg Collins, USAID
PANELISTS: Beth Dunford, USAID; Thomas Staal, USAID
WEBINAR RECORDING | VIDEO RECORDING
State of the Field: Resilience and Resilience Evidence
CHAIR: Greg Collins, USAID
PANELISTS: Renate Hahlen, European Union; Stéphane Hallegatte, World Bank; Imogen Parsons, DFID
PANEL WEBINAR RECORDING | GROUP DISCUSSSION WEBINAR RECORDING | VIDEO RECORDING
Resilience, Early Action, and Value for Money
CHAIR: Courtenay Cabot Venton, Independent
PANELISTS: Debbie Hillier, Oxfam UK; Mark Langworthy, TANGO International; Luca Russo, FAO
The Economics of Resilience to Drought: Kenya | Ethiopia PRIME Recurrent Monitoring Survey 2: Value for Money Analysis | FAO Early Action in the Horn of AFRIC ROI Key Findings | VIDEO RECORDING
Resilience and Sustainable Poverty Escapes
CHAIR: Kristin O’Planick, USAID
PANELISTS: Anna Garloch, ACDI/VOCA; Syed Hashemi, CGAP; Andrew Shepherd, ODI
Resilience and Sustainable Poverty Escapes | Audio Recording | Audio Transcript
Resilience in Urban Contexts
Discussion Leader: Olga Petryniak, Mercy Corps
BUILDING RESILIENCE IN URBAN CONTEXTS: Challenges and Progress in Evidence of What Matters | Audio Recording | Audio Transcript
Methodological Principles in Resilience Measurement
CHAIR: Tiffany Griffin, USAID
PANELISTS: Mark Constas, Cornell University; Marco d’Errico, FAO; Tim Frankenberger, TANGO International; Jon Kurtz, Mercy Corps
Empirical Requirements of Resilience Measurement | Measuring household resilience to food insecurity: RIMA-II | Resilience Measurement: Are we using the right tools? | Robust approaches to resilience measurement | VIDEO RECORDING
Resilience, Gender, and Social Exclusion
CHAIR: Ky Luu, George Washington University
PANELISTS: Bama Athreya, USAID; Neha Kumar, IFPRI; Laurie Starr, Save the Children
Audio Recording | Audio Transcript
Resilience, Graduation, and Social Protection - Including Shock-Responsive Social Protection
CHAIR: Lauren Whitehead, BRAC
PANELISTS: Thomas Bossuroy, World Bank; Erwin Knippenberg, Cornell University; John Meyer, CARE Ethiopia
Resilience, Graduation, and Social Protection | GRAD: Graduation with Resilience to Achieve Sustainable Development | Shocks, Social Protection and Resilience | Resilience and Productive Inclusion in the Sahel | Audio Recording | Audio Transcript
Emerging Insights and Takeaways
Chair: Greg Collins USAID
WEBINAR RECORDING | VIDEO RECORDING
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Day 1 Outputs
CHAIR: Greg Collins, USAID
WEBINAR RECORDING | VIDEO RECORDING
Resilience Measurement: Key Innovations
CHAIR: Tiffany Griffin, USAID
PANELISTS: Marco d’Errico, FAO; Tim Frankenberger, TANGO International; Jon Kurtz, Mercy Corps
Robust approaches to resilience measurement | The use of secondary data for resilience measurement with RIMA | WEBINAR RECORDING | VIDEO RECORDING
Aspirations and Psychosocial Dimensions: Programming Against the Intangible
CHAIR: Chris Béné, CIAT
PANELISTS: Marco d’Errico, FAO; Tim Frankenberger, TANGO International; Alemayehu Seyoum Ta esse, IFPRI/ Addis Ababa
Intro Subjective resilience session | Psychosocial Dimension of Resilience | Effect of households’ psycho-social capacities on their resilience | The Future in Mind | VIDEO RECORDING
Resilience, Social Capital, and Human Capital
CHAIR: Nancy Mock, Tulane University
PANELISTS: Mark Langworthy, TANGO International; Olga Petryniak, Mercy Corps; Thibaut Williams, USAID
TANGO Social Capital | SOCIAL CAPITAL: Examining Comparative Research on What it Means for Resilience | Audio Recording | Audio Transcript
Resilience in Fragile Contexts
CHAIR: Dan Maxwell, Tufts University
PANELISTS: Joe Hewitt, USIP; Jon Kurtz, Mercy Corps; Luca Russo, FAO
Audio Recording | Audio Transcript
Resilience and Diversifying Livelihood Risks
CHAIR: Tim Frankenberger, TANGO International
PANELISTS: Tanya Boudreau, FEG; Nathanael Goldberg, IPA; Dan Maxwell, Tufts University
Chair Introduction for Diversifying Livelihoods | Diversifying Livelihood and Resilience | Encouraging Seasonal Migration to Address Income Insecurity | Livelihoods Diversification and Resilience in Dryland Areas | VIDEO RECORDING
Environment and Resilience Agriculture
CHAIR: André Mershon, USAID
PANELISTS: Todd Crosby, CLUSA; Daniele Giovannuci, COSA; Jerry Glover, USAID
Environment and Resilient Agriculture | COSA Presentation Resilience Evidence Forum | Integrated Dissemination of products, services and knowledge | Audio Recording | Audio Transcript
Resilience, Insurance, and Other Financial Services
CHAIR: Michael Carter, University of California, Davis
PANELISTS: Chris Barrett, Cornell University; Erica Hovani, ARC; Rebecca Rousse, IPA
African Risk Capacity | Development Resilience: What Evidence Do We Have So Far? | Impact of Financial Inclusion on Household Resilience to External Shocks | Audio Recording | Audio Transcript
Collective Action, Collective Impact: Kenya’s Ending Drought Emergencies
CHAIR: Greg Collins, USAID
PANELISTS: Ayan Mahamoud, IGAD; Jennifer Maurer, USAID/Kenya; James Oduor, NDMA; Jason Oyugi, Bridge Africa ADC
PREG Presentation | PREG Presentation Prezi | James Oduor, CEO, NDMA | VIDEO RECORDING
CLOSING PLENARY
Looking Forward
CHAIR: Greg Collins, USAID
PANELISTS: Stéphane Hallegatte, World Bank ; Tim Frankenberger, TANGO; Issoufou Baoua, CILSS /AGRHYMET
WEBINAR RECORDING | VIDEO RECORDING
Closing Remarks