Building resilience and fostering growth in the horn of Africa

  Available online: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/USAIDResiliencePolicyG [...]

This paper addresses the crisis in the Horn of Africa in 2011 and the need to enable communities to withstand droughts and move forward by building resilience and fostering sustainable growth. It presents USAID's vision for change through: (i) key principles, such as early action in response to early warning, connecting humanitarian and development programmes, fostering women's empowerment, ensuring evidence-based decision making and supporting and strengthening local, national, and regional capacities; and (ii) a new way of doing business, which includes joint planning, joint focus on resilience and joint programmes to strengthen early warning, preparedness, mitigation and prevention, and integrate preparedness and mitigation across sectors (water management, resilient livelihood strategies and sustainable economic growth).

Language(s): English

Tags: Capacity development ; Early warning systems ; Drought ; Food Safety ; East Africa ; Region I - Africa Add tag