Lessons from Livelihood Interventions that Increase the Resilience of Populations to Droughts in Afghanistan and Other FCAS
Publisher: Institute of Development Studies
Author(s): Roz Price
Date: 2021
Topics: Cooperation, Economic Recovery, Gender, Livelihoods, Programming
Countries: Afghanistan
This review shows a breadth of resilience and livelihood programming in Afghanistan, especially aimed at agriculture and livestock. However, evaluations are not always clearly defined in terms of the ‘success’ or ‘resilience’ of interventions or the lessons learned. It was not possible to explore all the evidence and evaluations identified; priority was given to systematic reviews of multiple interventions (such as in the SLRC paper by Stites & Bushby, 2017) and evaluations with clear lessons on intervention success. A Best Buys in improving incomes for the poorest, focusing on social protection and agriculture paper provided by FCDO also offered some guidance on the types of livelihoods to focus on (FCDO, 2021). Although it was not possible given the rapid nature of this review to explore all livelihood interventions covered. Furthermore, as this paper covers a broad range of interventions and much of the evidence consists of microlevel case studies, the lessons gleaned from the literature must be taken as illustrative, and in no way comprehensive or conclusive. It is also important to consider the highly context-specific nature of climate change effects, livelihood characteristics and interventions.