Evidence session 5: Building resilience to shocks

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The Commission’s fifth evidence session, which took place at LSE on 28 September 2017, focused on the topic of building resilience. Witnesses include: Debbie Hillier, Senior Humanitarian Policy Adviser at Oxfam; Herbert M’cleod, Country Director for IGC Sierra Leone and IGC Liberia; Peter Sands, Research Fellow at Harvard University; Clare Shakya, Director of the Climate Change Group at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED); and Dr. Albert G. Zeufack, Chief Economist for Africa at the World Bank.