Can we measure resilience? : a proposed method and evidence from countries in the Sahel (English)

Although resilience has become a popular concept in studies of poverty and vulnerability, it has been difficult to obtain a credible measure of resilience. This difficulty is because the data required to measure resilience, which involves observing household outcomes over time after every exposure to a shock, are usually unavailable in many contexts. This paper proposes a new method for measuring household resilience using readily available cross...

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Alfani,Federica;

Fisker,Peter Simonsen;

Molini,Vasco;

Dabalen,Andrew L.;
Document Date
2015/01/01
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Working Paper (Numbered Series)
Report Number
125528
Volume No
1
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1
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World, Africa,
Region
Other, Africa,
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2018/04/20
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Disclosed
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Can we measure resilience? : a proposed method and evidence from countries in the Sahel

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Alfani,Federica; Fisker,Peter Simonsen; Molini,Vasco; Dabalen,Andrew L..

Can we measure resilience? : a proposed method and evidence from countries in the Sahel (English). Poverty and Equity Global Practice Working Paper Series|no. 013 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/174871524223951565

Can we measure resilience? : a proposed method and evidence from countries in the Sahel (English)

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