12th May 2016

Using Insurance to Build Resilience

Located within the drought-prone Sahel region, Senegal is heavily reliant on rain fed agriculture despite the irregular rainfall that characterizes the region making resilience building a […]
12th January 2016

Building Resilience Through Better Coordination: Lessons From Boston & Surat

Over the past few weeks, we have explored key elements of Resilience in Disaster Risk Reduction. The vital role played by data and information was the first in this […]
21st December 2015
A poor neighbourhood shows the damage after an earthquake measuring 7 plus on the Richter scale rocked Port au Prince Haiti just before 5 pm, January 12, 2009.

Interdependence: An Imperative Consideration for Better Data Coordination in Resilience Building

  “Because everything is interconnected-a massive system of systems-a single disruption often triggers another, which exacerbates the effects of the first, so that the original shock […]
3rd December 2015

Making Resilience Real in Africa

According to the World Bank, the African continent is home to some of the fastest growing economies in the world. However in the same breath, United […]
10th November 2015
Participants at a workshop on Resilience organised by African Media Initiative with support from Rockefeller Foundation

We Need Data for Disaster Risk Reduction & Resilience

It was the winter of 1997-1998 when the granddaddy of El Niños — the one by which all other El Niños are judged — vaulted this […]