What exactly is resilience?

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This four-pager describes the concept of resilience for both the humanitarian and development community, explains why resilience matters, and proposes three principles for successfully reinforcing resilience of local communities. It is the first paper in a series on key humanitarian and development issues, provided by Banyaneer.

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Themes Community-based DRR

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4 p.

Publication year

2013

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