Resilience analysis in the Triangle of Hope (Mauritania): a policy brief
The resilience analysis of the Triangle of Hope (Mauritania) serves as a baseline for providing guidance in planning policy interventions. The present brief is a step forward in this direction: it summarize policy indications presented in the report; these indications aim to help the Government of Mauritania and policymakers with their future decisions, and contributes to a framework for humanitarian and long-term development initiatives to build food secure and resilient livelihoods.
Building more resilient livelihoodsis increasingly recognized as one of the most powerful means to mitigate and prevent food security crises. Since 2008, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, together with other key partners, has been pioneering resilience measurement and analysis with respect to food insecurity through the Resilience Index Measurement and Analysis (RIMA) model. The new RIMA-II was released in early 2016; it looks at resilience through a descriptive and causal analysis. The model is a quantitative approach that identifies the main factors that contribute to household resilience in selected areas using latent variable models and regression analysis. RIMA-II is applied in more than 10 countries.
The resilience analysis of the Triangle of Hope (Mauritania) serves as a baseline for providing guidance in planning policy interventions. The present brief is a step forward in this direction: it summarize policy indications presented in the report; these indications aim to help the Government of Mauritania and policymakers with their future decisions, and contributes to a framework for humanitarian and long-term development initiatives to build food secure and resilient livelihoods.