title: Toward a theory of resilience for international development applications.
abstract: We advance a theory of resilience as it applies to the challenges of international development. The conceptualization we advance for development resilience focuses on the stochastic dynamics of individual and collective human well-being, especially on the avoidance of and escape from chronic poverty over time in the face of myriad stressors and shocks. Development resilience clearly nests within it the related but distinct idea of humanitarian resilience and thereby offers a conceptual apparatus to integrate the humanitarian and development ambitions. We discuss the implications for programming, systems integration, and measurement.
authors.affiliation: Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future and Department of Economics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-7801 cbb2@cornell.edu.
authors.forename: Christopher B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Barrett
authors.affiliation: Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future and.
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Constas
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*; D000533:Altruism; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D020380:Needs Assessment; D012066:Relief Work / Q000458:organization & administration; D055500:Resilience, Psychological
keywords: poverty traps; risk; sustainability; vulnerability