Southern Resilience

What Is Resilience?

Flexibility to make changes.

Underinvesting in Resilience

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I call it sort of shotgun flexibility.

A second lesson is the importance of flexibility.

But flexibility is not a synonym for pure floating.

We appreciate the flexibility shown by all parties.

Secondly, peacebuilding requires flexibility.

Her delegation appreciated the flexibility shown by the delegation of Japan.

The US Defense Department justifies this change as part of the so called Global Posture Review that it has been carrying out to provide more flexibility and mobility in deploying troops to more urgently needed places around the world.

But NATO s repeated demonstrations of resilience should not blind us to the fact that it no longer provides a healthy basis for the transatlantic security relationship.

For starters, making a system very resilient in one way can cause it to lose resilience in other ways.

Building and maintaining resilience requires probing its boundaries.

Its flexibility had not, however, been reciprocated.

Systems and procedures are designed for flexibility, rapid response and functionality.

Adaptive governance (flexible, distributive, and learning based).

But resilience itself is neither good nor bad.

Resilience should not be confused with resistance to change.

Canada has shown this in its approaches.

We believe that that proposal shows a much more flexible approach.

The international financial institutions should show some operational flexibility.

In Italy, greater employment flexibility was introduced by the Prodi government in 1997, and further strengthened under the so called Biagi Law of 2003.

We need to look carefully at our zero tolerance policies.

In a few weeks, this flexibility will be used up.

Yet, in the end, credibility collapsed because of the lack of flexibility.

The difference between the two valuations is the value of flexibility inherent in the project.

I fail to see how discussions on improving security in space, or discussions on dealing with the subject of nuclear disarmament, could threaten anyone's security interests.

Little wonder, then, that high levels of exclusion in developing and emerging countries have prompted policymakers to embrace proportionate regulation, thereby gaining the flexibility to encourage innovation in the provision of financial services while preserving financial stability.

A grand coalition could show greater flexibility in addressing the euro crisis, but less on questions of foreign and security policy.

None of this detracts from the resilience factor.

This is not something that it possesses in abundance.

But it also includes physical resilience and the ability to withstand shocks.

Three things explain this remarkable resilience ideas, politics, and institutions.

So, is resilience a useful concept or just a fleeting buzzword?

To that end, her delegation would continue to exercise flexibility on the outstanding issues.

Such flexibility was not easy to offer when domestic legislation was already in force, and for that reason, the flexibility and the concessions had to be mentioned particularly.

Field level fund raising and resource allocation rigidity

Flexibility will be essential, within the defined budgetary parameters.

None of the flagship programmes, such as POGAR, ICTDAR, HARPAS, CAWTAR, have adhered to a fixed strategy.

Some of the proposals link the depth of the cut to be made by developing countries to options for developing countries to use other flexibilities, for example, the deeper the cut, the greater the flexibility in binding coverage and levels.

Similar flexibility exists with the Euro, the Schengen Agreement, and the Social Chapter.

But some countries show strong resilience in the face of pervasive violence and volatility.

That was why monetary policy could be managed with greater flexibility.