Building resilience to natural disasters
DFID has taken a well-considered approach to mainstreaming resilience to natural disasters, and has helped to promote the inclusion of resilience into the global development agenda.
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- Published: 13 Jun 2017
Our approach
This review assesses the effectiveness of DFID’s approach to building resilience. It analyses how well DFID conducted its resilience mainstreaming process and how its programmes are contributing to building resilience.
We focus on six country case studies: Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Nepal, the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Uganda. We also look at DFID’s influencing activities and partnerships, and assess whether results monitoring and learning are helping to improve its work.
Review questions
The review sought to answer these questions:
- Relevance: Does DFID have a coherent approach to building resilience to natural disasters?
- Effectiveness: How effectively is DFID supporting the implementation of disaster resilience?
- Learning: How well is DFID learning in its resilience to natural disasters work?