Weaving the Net

This research paper examines the 2008 food crisis to analyze how complex crises impact vulnerable households in developing countries and how these households build adaptive capacity.

• The impacts of complex crises on households tend to be similar regardless of what caused the crisis, which suggests that a robust policy response could be effective across a wide variety of crisis types.
• The food price increase of 2008 was caused by complex factors, with climate variability serving as a significant trigger. This event was followed by the 2009 financial meltdown and another period of high food prices between 2011 and 2012.
• Complex crises create unpredictable impacts that cascade across time and space, resulting in severe hardship for vulnerable populations in developing countries.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). Weaving the Net. https://www.wri.org/research/weaving-net

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Weaving the Net. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/weaving-net.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=World Resources Institute |title=Weaving the Net |url=https://www.wri.org/research/weaving-net |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendweaving, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Weaving the Net}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/weaving-net}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }