Building transformative capacity in southern Africa : surfacing knowledge and challenging structures through participatory vulnerability and risk assessments

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2019

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SAGE Publications

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Participatory assessments that recognise the social roots of vulnerability are critical in helping individuals and institutions rethink their understanding of, and responses to climate change impacts. This paper interrogates the contribution of Oxfam’s ‘Vulnerability and Risk Assessment’ methodology to enabling transformation at both personal and institutional levels. Capacity building should not be exclusively understood as, or aimed solely at building technical skills; leadership and process facilitation skills are key elements. The assessments take an initial step towards collaboratively identifying transformation pathways in development practices through adaptation responses.

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VULNERABILITY AND RISK ASSESSMENT, CLIMATE RISKS, ADAPTIVE CAPACITY, LOCAL LEVEL, SEMI-ARID REGIONS, CAPACITY BUILDING, LEADERSHIP, MALAWI, BOTSWANA, NAMIBIA, SOUTH OF SAHARA

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/59709

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IDRC Research Results / Résultats de recherches du CRDI
2010-2019 / Années 2010-2019
Research Results (CARIAA) / Résultats de recherches (IRCAAA)
Southern Africa / Afrique australe