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Resilience analysis in the Triangle of Hope, Mauritania 2015

Year of publication 2016

Pages 68 p.

Author Resilience Analysis and Policies (RAP) team

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Category Technical book

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Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This report is part of a series of country level analyses prepared by the FAO Resilience Analysis and Policies (RAP) Team. The series aims at providing programming and policy guidance to policy makers, practitioners, UN agencies, NGO and other stakeholders by identifying the key factors that contribute to the resilience of households in food insecure countries and regions. The analysis is largely based on the use of the FAO Resilience Index Measurement and Analysis (RIMA) tool. Findings are inte grated with other more traditional measures of poverty and food insecurity. This report aims to identify the key pillars of resilience and related contributing factors at the household level using the FAO Resilience Index Measurement and Analysis II (RIMA-II) methodology. The pillars of resilience considered in this analysis are Access to Basic Services (ABS), Assets (AST), Social Safety Nets (SSN) and Adaptive Capacity (AC), based on consultations with ONS and other local experts, literatur e review and previous analyses (FAO, 2016c). The second part of RIMA-II explores the role of shocks in explaining resilience capacity and describes the association between factors that contribute to resilience and food security. The final aim is to compare the findings of the resilience analysis with some of the key policies put in place or programmed by the Government of Mauritania, with a specific focus on the regions analysed here. This analysis can therefore be used to critically review poli cies that affect resilience, which have already been implemented or are set to be implemented.

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