Building resilience and protecting livelihoods in conflict areas

Resilience is the ability of people to mitigate, withstand and bounce back from shocks and stresses. Much research on resilience has focused on climatic, environmental and economic risk. However, different kinds of analysis are needed to understand the resilience of people living in situations of violent conflict. For the past 15 years, the Feinstein International Center (FIC) at Tufts University’s School of Nutrition has been examining the livelihoods of people in such complex emergencies. Part of this research was conducted in pastoralist areas in Eastern Africa. The briefing paper “Conflict and resilience: a synthesis of Feinstein International Center work on building resilience and protecting livelihoods in conflict-related crises” (2017, 4pp) by Daniel Maxwell et al presents the main findings of a review of FIC research into the resilience of people and their livelihoods to stresses and shocks related to conflict. The full report (40pp) can be found here.

Posted on 4 March 2018 in Pastoralism & Peacebuilding, Pastoralist Livelihoods & Nutrition