This study set out to estimate baseline indicators of the drivers of vulnerability and adaptive capacity of the target communities to priority shocks or stresses as a basis for informing development of resilience dimensions and metrics so as to develop innovations that will result in improved resilience of the target communities in Uganda. Specifically the study aimed at; to assess dimension specific resilience factors in the RAN target communities in Uganda, to determine benchmark dimension-specific data for measuring success of resilience innovations in the RAN target communities, to assess the inter-relationships between the resilience dimensions so as to identify opportunities for leverage during innovation development in the RAN target communities

The Resilient Africa Network data asset includes both qualitative and quantitative data. The qualitative data are aimed at understanding the Dimensions of Vulnerability and Resilience (2015) in Uganda, Rwanda, Ghana, Senegal, South Africa, Malawi, Somalia and Ethiopia. The quantitative data were collected to understand resilience pathways in these communities, to highlight interventions and innovations that strengthen resilience developed by collaborative teams informed by this analysis across Africa.

A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Borana pastoralist communities to determine the magnitude of the resilience dimensions identified (psychosocial distress, environment, wealth, infrastructure and social services, human capital, social capital and community network, peace and security, and livestock) from the community consultation conducted in 2013.

This survey was carried out in Benadir region in the Federal Republic of Somalia and the goal was to investigate the status of resilience of the internally displaced communities in Benadir region.