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Christopher B Barrett1, Mark A Constas2.
Abstract
We advance a theory of resilience as it applies to the challenges of international development. The conceptualization we advance for development resilience focuses on the stochastic dynamics of individual and collective human well-being, especially on the avoidance of and escape from chronic poverty over time in the face of myriad stressors and shocks. Development resilience clearly nests within it the related but distinct idea of humanitarian resilience and thereby offers a conceptual apparatus to integrate the humanitarian and development ambitions. We discuss the implications for programming, systems integration, and measurement.Entities:
Keywords: poverty traps; risk; sustainability; vulnerability
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25246580 PMCID: PMC4210047 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1320880111
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205