DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR RESILIENCE SUMMARY FINDINGS

The report inventories over 125 submissions of digital technologies designed to build resilience, primarily in the Asia-Pacific region. It categorizes these tools by technology type, scale of impact, supported systems, and primary focus (preparedness, recurring event response, or catastrophic event response). The inventory details specific projects, such as the use of satellite data for flood risk in India, mobile health programs in India, and 3D printing for medical supplies in Nepal, highlighting a strong trend toward pro-poor focus and the use of mobile-based communication (SMS, IVR) and geospatial data (GIS, remote sensing) to support vulnerable populations.

• The inventory was based on more than 125 submissions, which were filtered to include only those with "clear resilience relevance".
• A significant number of the listed technologies are designed with a pro-poor focus or aim to empower the poor, as indicated by 117 submissions answering 'Yes' to this focus.
• Mobile-based communication tools, including SMS, IVR (Interactive Voice Response), and mobile applications, are widely used to deliver early warnings and agricultural advice. Examples include the 'KHUSHAAL ZAMINDAR' service in Pakistan, which provides localized weather and agronomic advisory to 2.7 million farmers.
• Geospatial technologies, such as GIS, remote sensing, and satellite imagery, are central to disaster preparedness and response. The 'Global Flood Risk Dashboard' by Cloud to Street uses satellite data to identify vulnerable populations, such as 197,000 people at extreme risk in Uttarakhand, India.
• Digital tools are being used to improve maternal and child health as a means of building family resilience. The 'Kilkari' program in India provides audio-based health messages to nearly 10 million new and expecting mothers.
• Innovative hardware is being deployed for emergency response, such as the 'Movable and Deployable ICT Resource Unit (MDRU)' in the Philippines and Japan, which establishes communication networks in disaster zones using WiFi and satellite connections.
• 3D printing is utilized to bypass disrupted supply chains during disasters, as seen with Field Ready's kits in Nepal and Haiti to produce essential medical devices on-demand.
• Financial inclusion tools, such as 'Risk-contingent credit (RCC)' by IFPRI, use satellite-derived drought indices to trigger insurance-linked credit, reducing production risk for farmers in Kenya and India.
• Open-source data platforms like GeoNode and OpenStreetMap are used to share geospatial resilience data globally, facilitating responses to events like the 2015 Nepal Earthquake.
• The 'PetaBencana.id' platform in Indonesia uses a "people as sensors" approach, harnessing social media data to provide real-time flood monitoring for over 50 million residents in three mega cities.

APA

Global Resilience Partnership (2017). DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR RESILIENCE SUMMARY FINDINGS. https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/digitaltechnologiesforresilienceinventory_may2017.pdf

Chicago

Global Resilience Partnership. DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR RESILIENCE SUMMARY FINDINGS. 2017. https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/digitaltechnologiesforresilienceinventory_may2017.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{globalresiliencepartnership2017digital, author = {{Global Resilience Partnership}}, title = {{DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR RESILIENCE SUMMARY FINDINGS}}, institution = {Global Resilience Partnership}, year = {2017}, month = may, url = {https://www.globalresiliencepartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/digitaltechnologiesforresilienceinventory_may2017.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }