Resilience scan April-June 2015: A review of articles, reports, debates and blogs on resilience in international development

This report summarises writing and debates in the field of resilience during the second quarter of 2015, focusing primarily on the context of developing countries. The scan will be of particular interest to those implementing resilience projects and policies and those seeking summaries of current debates in resilience thinking.

It comprises summaries of: i) insights from resilience experts in international development agencies: this presents a summary of individual conversations with resilience experts based in a variety of international development agencies, highlighting the benefits, the challenges and the forward agenda for the resilience agenda; ii) analysis of recent blogs on resilience: this presents an analysis of the top 25 blogs on resilience published in the first half of 2015. Many have strong links to the international agreements under negotiation in 2015; iii) reviews of the academic and grey literature: The literature scan from policy and practice in this quarter reveals a strong representation from theoretical/framing perspectives, as well as sector-based approaches to resilience.