The role of ICT4D in building resilience
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The document discusses building resilience through ICT4D innovation in Nairobi, Kenya. It defines resilience as the ability of households, communities, and systems to withstand shocks and stresses like extreme weather and recover without significant support. It notes that recurring crises in Africa and Asia have cost billions, and current interventions have not improved capacity to withstand future shocks. The document argues that integrating emergency and development efforts, using new technologies, blended financing models, and risk management approaches can help build more resilient programming and scaled solutions to address complex challenges.
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The role of ICT4D in building resilience
- 1. The role of ICT4D innovation in “Building Resilience” Nairobi, Kenya, March 2014
- 2. What is Resilience? • the capacity of HH’s, communities, countries, and systems to mitigate, adapt to and recover from shocks and stresses in ways that reduces vulnerability and facilitates inclusive growth. • The ability to recover or ‘bounce back’ after a catastrophic event, without significant external support.
- 3. What are the shocks and stressors? Extreme climatic events Global market volatility Population doubling every 20 years Services/ infrastructure cannot meet demand Health problems Limited education Financial inequity accelerates social divisions Natural resource limitations i.e., no land No jobs leading to Conflict Poverty traps
- 4. Why is Resilience important? • Recurring crises in Africa and Asia have cost donors and Governments billions of dollars. • Despite short-term humanitarian success, current interventions have not substantially improved capacity to withstand future shocks / stresses. More people need help • As a result, the concepts of resilience and risk management have emerged as frameworks to improve the capacity of vulnerable communities to withstand future shocks and stresses.
- 5. Lack of resilience diverts resources from development… 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0% 70.0% Averagelow dryland Nigeria South Africa Zambia Tanzania Gambia Lesotho Swaziland Kenya Angola Ethiopia Zimbabwe Botswana Namibia Senegal CapeVerde Burkina Faso Mali Mauritania Niger Eritrea Chad Sudan Somalia Medium Mostly dryland Average developing countries Average Sub-Saharan Africa Share of humanitarian aid in total ODA (2000-2010) Number of Persons in Need of Humanitarian Assistance in…. Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad by Year
- 6. Real challenges of we need to address… 25 % of Africa’s population lives in dry lands which suffer recurrent shocks. Real concern that rising costs of emergency case load will drain development funding. Choice: Should we focus on emergency or Should we rethink how investments are made in emergency and development operations? Source: (CGIAR) - Zomer et al. (2007) and Zomer et al. (2008) based on WorldClim
- 7. What’s different about Resilience? • Seeking to Integrate Emergency and Development • Supports market based methods for growth / stability • More emphasis on Governance and systems thinking • Requires greater Voice and Agency local actors • Scaled solutions and “connectedness” between scales • Purposeful attention to conflict resolution • Expanding DRR to Program wide “Risk management” • More local responsibility and accountability
- 8. Unexpected trends…. •from free to fees
- 9. How can technology and new financial models help us to co-invest in smarter solutions? • Solutions that support scaled engagement • Systems help us monitor and learn what works • Maps and helps coordinate investments • Improves feedback loops with target clients • Offers mass affordable information access • Supports better feedback to Governance systems • Enables co-investment and ownership • Provide options for better “value for money”
- 10. How does Technology help build More Resilient Programming? • Ability to Push, Pull and Share information now • Multiple ways to promote productivity gains • New forms of service delivery • Helps to blends public and private capital • Map and Measure actions - accountability • Monitor changes and supports actionable data • Helps people plan and react more effectively.
- 11. Unexpected Trends…. •From Mass communication to •Mass Customisation
- 12. Innovation Examples from this week • Finding new jobs – Jobs Souktel, iMerit • Mapping –ESRI, Poi mapper • Monitoring and Evaluation – Kimetrica, e-valuate, T-works • Weather alerts – Grameen, e-extension • Market information – Esoko, IFDC • Knowledge sharing – Iformbuilder, Frontlines, DW • Education – Bridge Academies • Learning by Video – Digital Green • Financial services – MPESA, • Analytics – Zoho, Salesforce reports • Medical support – Dimagi, Datadyne, • e-extension – Min of Ag, GSMA
- 13. Working at Scale across Scale levels 1M 100,000 10,000 1,000 Health NRM Livelihoods Value chains EarlyWarning/ DRR/ CCA Connectedness Community Districts Households National
- 14. SPA Highly vulnerable Vulnerable but Viable RECOVER BUILD GROW Resilient and empowered IncreasingHHresilience Increasingmarketperformance Consistent market sales Infrequent market sales Occasional market sales REBOUND Pathway to Prosperity ASSETS SKILLS SERVICES RESILIENCE Market Pull Market Push
- 15. The community shock 1. Disaster Risk Reduction Building Resilient Pathways to Prosperity 3. 2. Consistent market sales Highly vulnerable Vulnerable but Viable Blended Capital funding Private capitalResilient and empowered IncreasingHHresilience Increasingmarketperformance Infrequent market sales Occasional market sales Transition Grant Funding Emergency Grant Funds Emergency Funds Resilience Programming $$$$$$$$
- 16. •Achieving scaled solutions through innovation, risk management and blended financing
- 17. Conclusions • Globally, societies are embracing technology as a way of working smarter, civil society needs to do the same. • Innovation offers a diversity of tools and combinations to deal with more complex and scaled challenges. • Blending different financial models supports new ways of programing service delivery (grants and investments) • Better information enables us to reduce risks for investments and “insure” against future shocks • Can help us achieve more resilient solutions that offer investors /communities choice and “value for money”
- 18. THANK YOU! Resilience through innovation Lets make it Happen!
- 19. Resilience and Risk • We live in a multi-risk environment. • Global and Local risks are changing rapidly. • The scale of the challenges are escalating • The dynamics of recurrent shocks and persistent stressors make for a complex situation • Current humanitarian and development approaches are not able to address these evolving contexts.