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2. Research for
development only has
impact if it leads to
better decisions
In supporting decisions,
how can we effectively
consider resilience?
Image: http://www.mynamesnotmommy.com
3. Various complex and dynamic definitions:
response to shocks and stressors
Rarely directly observable
Most resilience models are complex, data-
demanding and error-prone
Data is scarce in most places of interest
Difficulties in operationalizing the concept
4. If resilience matters, it should have
measurable impacts
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should do best in the long run most of the
time, when exposed to shocks and stressors
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quickly, cheaply, with imperfect
information and yet accurately to meet
demands of decision-makers…
5. Well-established business decision
analysis approach
Recommendations for optimizing decision
Plausible distribution of net benefits
Hubbard 2014. How to measure anything – the value of intangibles in business.Wiley.
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Identify high-value variables
Participatory development of a comprehensive business-case
model for a decision (all relevant costs, benefits, risks)
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Simulation of the range of plausible
decision outcomes, considering all relevant
risks
7. 100-km pipeline for fresh water supply to
rapidly growing dryland city
Taps a politically sensitive aquifer
Image: http://www.mercycorps.org
Intensive discussions with stakeholders
Model-building with group of experts
8. Image: http://www.mercycorps.org
Key uncertainties
• Number and value of surviving infants
• Value of disease treatment
• Reduced performance due to poor
design
• Risk of political interference
• Very risky project, when considering potential shocks
• High chance of failure
• Key uncertainties related to limited stakeholder
inclusion, investor priorities and values
9. High livestock mortality (up to 80%) during
drought
Better managed boreholes could alleviate
this problem
Model built based on literature and expert
knowledge
10. Key uncertainties
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• Milk price
• Livestock mortality reduction
• Herd growth rate
• Milk yield per cow in non-drought years
• Fairly safe bet, low chance of losses
• Key uncertainties could be reduced through
socioeconomic and market surveys
11. Portfolio of large-scale interventions
Improved soil management, water resource
management, intensification of trees, mixed
livestock and grazing
Model built based on stakeholder
consultation and expert workshops
Image: http://www.rspb.org.uk/
12. Key uncertainties
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• Profits from land in semi-arid zone
• Profits from land in sub-humid zone
• Additional CO2 from intensive farms
• Number of people who won’t migrate
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• High information values (100s of millions USD)
• Farming profitability studies and migration studies
Image: http://www.rspb.org.uk/
13. High-level models can often provide sufficient
information to guide decision-making for
specific decisions
Comprehensiveness is more important than
high mechanistic detail
Long-term stochastic model runs allow direct
simulation of outcomes
High-value variables are often not the ones
typically measured
Engagement with decision-makers increases
likelihood that results will be used