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The State of African Resilience: Understanding Dimensions of Vulnerability and Adaptation (CSIS Reports)
Jennifer G. Cooke
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Description for The State of African Resilience: Understanding Dimensions of Vulnerability and Adaptation (CSIS Reports)
Paperback. This report examines resilience from the perspective of vulnerable communities across Africa and identifies the most promising entry points for innovations that can increase resilience capacity. Series: CSIS Reports. Num Pages: 68 pages. BIC Classification: JPS; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 217 x 4. Weight in Grams: 181.
During the last decade, sub-Saharan Africa enjoyed unprecedented rates of economic growth, with new technologies, better governance, and increasing investment flows creating new opportunities for innovation and economic and human development. Yet across the continent, vulnerable populations continue to contend with recurrent crises and stresses that leave them in a cycle of fragility and risk, struggling to recover and unable to expand economic opportunities or to improve well-being. This report examines resilience from the perspective of vulnerable communities across Africa and identifies the most promising entry points for innovations that can increase resilience capacity.
During the last decade, sub-Saharan Africa enjoyed unprecedented rates of economic growth, with new technologies, better governance, and increasing investment flows creating new opportunities for innovation and economic and human development. Yet across the continent, vulnerable populations continue to contend with recurrent crises and stresses that leave them in a cycle of fragility and risk, struggling to recover and unable to expand economic opportunities or to improve well-being. This report examines resilience from the perspective of vulnerable communities across Africa and identifies the most promising entry points for innovations that can increase resilience capacity.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Center for Strategic & International Studies
Condition
New
Series
CSIS Reports
Number of Pages
68
Place of Publication
Washington DC, United States
ISBN
9781442240827
SKU
V9781442240827
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99-15
About Jennifer G. Cooke
Jennifer G. Cooke is director of the Africa Program at CSIS.
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