Gannon, Kate ElizabethCrick, FlorenceAtela, JoanesBabagaliyeva, ZhannaBatool, SamaviaBedelian, ClaireCarabine, ElizabethConway, DeclanDiop, MamadouFankhauser, SamJobbins, GuyLudi, EvaQaisrani, AyeshaRouhaud, EstelleSimonet, CatherineSuleri, AbidWade, Cheikh Tidiane2020-02-272020-02-272019-11-25http://hdl.handle.net/10625/58562Semi-arid lands (SALs) in developing countries are climate change hotspots where climate hazards affect poor populations disproportionately. This represents a major threat to the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda pledge to ‘leave no one behind.’ The article identifies opportunities to overcome structural weaknesses that contribute to lack of private investment, while also limiting opportunities to unlock broader resilience through the private sector. Unlocking the existing adaptive capacities of women, farmers and businesses in semi-arid areas is a key to accomplishing sustainable development goals. Globally, SALs are home to approximately one billion people, including some of the poorest and least food secure.application/pdfenDEVELOPMENT POLICYADAPTIVE CAPACITYSEMI-ARID REGIONSRESILIENCELITERATURE REVIEWCLIMATE CHANGE POLICYPRIVATE SECTORBUSINESS CREATIONMSMEGOVERNANCEDEVELOPING COUNTRIESGLOBAL SOUTHJournal Article (peer-reviewed)