USAID Resilience Measurement Practical Guidance Note Series GN02 - Measuring Shocks and Stresses
Investing resources in resilience building requires earnest efforts in resilience measurement and analysis, and an indispensable component of resilience measurement is shock measurement. Incorporating shock measurement into monitoring and evaluation frameworks serves two purposes. The first is to gain conceptual understanding of the complex relationships between disturbances, critical capacities and wellbeing to better design and evaluate initiatives focused on building resilience. The second is related to the fact that shocks and stresses pose significant operational threats to development gains.