Resilience and Resilience Capacities Measurement Options

The three approaches are Light, Intermediate, and Full, with the Full approach being ideal for USAID resilience focus countries and the Light approach being suitable for programs in countries that are not resilience focus countries. The Light approach uses a small subsample of questions from the resilience instrument, while the Intermediate approach falls somewhere between the Light and Full approaches. Table 1 compares the individual components of resilience capacity measured in the three approaches, with Missions using Light or Intermediate approaches able to include other resilience capacity components from the Full approach if deemed appropriate in the given context. The resilience instrument is comprised of a household questionnaire and a community questionnaire, which together comprise the resilience instrument. The Full approach represents the complete "menu" of possible questions, responses, and analyses, while the Light and Intermediate approaches involve subsets of this full set of possible indicators/questions. Table 1 lists the individual measurement components used to calculate the resilience and resilience capacity indices used in resilience analysis. These components include Bonding Social Capital, Bridging Social Capital, Linking Social Capital, Social Network Index, Collective Action, Asset Ownership, and Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS). The measurement components are used to calculate the resilience and resilience capacity indices, which are used to assess the resilience of households and communities. The indices include absorptive, adaptive, and transformative capacities, as well as an overall household resilience capacity index. The methodological guidance document, Resilience Methodological Guide: Full Approach, provides comprehensive details on how each resilience component is calculated. This guide identifies the questionnaire, specific questions and responses required for each component of resilience capacity, and instructions on how each is calculated. The REAL consortium provides additional guidance on resilience measurement, and the household and community questionnaires can be adapted to reflect local context and programming goals. The resilience instrument should be contextualized to reflect local terminology and assets, and should not involve deleting questions that may impact analysis. The measurement options presented in this document are intended to be used together with other resources, including a household questionnaire, community questionnaire, enumerator guidance, and methodological guidance on calculating individual components of resilience. These resources are designed to support the measurement and analysis of resilience in relevant Food for Peace (FFP) or Feed the Future (FTF) activities. The REAL consortium is a consortium-led effort funded by the USAID Center for Resilience, and is led by Save the Children. The consortium draws on the expertise of its partners, including Food for the Hungry, Mercy Corps, and TANGO International. The REAL Associate Award is a program that provides support for monitoring, evaluation, strategic analysis, and capacity building in resilience-building initiatives. The document is one of five resources intended to be used together for measuring and analyzing resilience, and is a living document that will be continually edited and updated. The current version of the document can be accessed through the REAL consortium's website.