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Working Group 1.9
Coping with risk and vulnerability

English speaking working group

Resource persons

• Oumoul Khayri Ba Tall (African Evaluation Association (AfrEA) ; Association Mauritanienne de Suivi-Evaluation(AMSE) ; OKT-Consult)
• Nick Chisholm (University Colloege Cork, IRELAND)
• Rachel Slater (Overseas Development Institute)
• Stuart Coupe (Practical Action)

Moderator

• Tim Waites (DFID, UK)

Questions to guide working group discussions

• What can be done to enhance the resilience of rural producers to shocks?
• What have we learned about the effectiveness of instruments to manage risks faced by rural communities (e.g. insurance markets, food security reserves, price stabilisation measures)
• What can be done to assist vulnerable groups? What have we learned about effective social protection mechanisms? Cash vs in-kind transfers?
• How can communities be best assisted to recover after shocks?
• What are the implications for development strategies, and what do donors need to do differently?

These questions illustrate the range of issues that could be addressed by the working groups. While they should not be considered to be the only issues that may be discussed, and participants are at liberty to raise others that fall within the scope of the working groups, presenters are asked to consider giving priority to some of these questions.

Please note that all working groups are asked to consider: What are the implications for development strategies, and what do donors need to do differently?

partners: European Commission. Directorate General Development and Relations with African, Caribbean and Pacific States | Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations | Global Donor Platform for Rural Development | Department for International Development (DFID), UK | Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany | Irish Aid, Department of Foreign Affairs, Ireland | Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France | Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Development Cooperation, The Netherlands | Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Switzerland | Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA) | Deutsche Gesellschaft für technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, Germany | InWEnt Capacity - Building International, Germany

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20.11.2008, 16:11