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Cover photo: © FAO / Vyacheslav Oseledko iii CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .......................................................... v ACRONYMS .................................................................... vi OBJECTIVE OF THE ANALYSIS .................................................... vii 1 KEY MESSAGES .............................................................. 1 2 MAIN FINDINGS, POLICY AND PROGRAMMING IMPLICATIONS ...................... 3 2.1 INTERVENTION AND CONTROL GROUP ...................................... 3 2.2 GEOGRAPHICAL PROFILES ................................................. 6 3 METHODOLOGY AND COVERAGE ................................................ 11 4 NEXT STEPS ................................................................ 13 4.1 FROM BASELINE TO MIDLINE ............................................. 14 REFERENCES ................................................................. 15 ANNEX I ...................................................................... 17 A1.1 RIMA CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK ......................................... 17 A1.2 ESTIMATION OF THE RESILIENCE CAPACITY INDEX .......................... 17 A1.3 VARIABLES DESCRIPTION ................................................ 19 ANNEX II ...................................................................... 23 A2.1 T-TEST – TREATED/CONTROL ............................................. 23 A2.2 REGRESSION RESULTS .................................................. 25 ANNEX III ...................................................................... 28 A3.1 TABLES AND STATISTICS ................................................. 28 iv FIGURES 1 RCI vs RSM over intervention/control groups ......................................4 2 Climatic sensitivity - Intervention vs control group ..................................5 3 Average resilience index at district level (taking into account intervention/control groups) . 6 4 RSM by district (intervention/control) .............................................6 5 District part of the livelihood survey .............................................12 A1 Resilience conceptual framework ...............................................18 A2 Path diagram of MIMIC model for the resilience to climate change ...................19 A3 Variables’ weight in each pillars, by Intervention/Control (%) ........................28 A4 Variable’s weight with respect to the final RCI at intervention/control group (%). 29 A5 Variables’ weight with respect to the final RCI at district level ........................30 TABLES A1 Variables in the pillars’ construction .............................................19 A2 Climate sensitivity aggregate index .............................................21 A3 T-test for the differences in intervention/control group .............................23 A4 Climate sensitivity analysis over the pillars’ variables ..............................24 A5 RCI/Climate sensitivity analysis on climate related strategies .......................25 A6 Climate sensitivity analysis on climate related strategies - Districts level ..............26 A7 Resilience analysis on climate related strategies - Districts level .....................27 A8 Variables’ statistics ...........................................................31 A9 Perception of climate change (self-reported, %) ...................................32 A10 Households’ strategies as a results of the perceived climate change (%). 32 v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This report has been prepared by the Resilience Analysis and Policies (RAP) team of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ (FAO), Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA). Special thanks go to Stefania Di Giuseppe, Rebecca Pietrelli, Genevieve Theodorakis, Doussou Traore, Marco d’Errico and Luca Russo for their contributions of technical information, and to Giorgia Wizemann and Tomaso Lezzi for the formatting and layout of the publication. The team would like to acknowledge the Investment Centre Division, Europe, Central Asia, Near East, North Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean Service (DPIC), in the persons of Tommaso Alacevich and Jacopo Monzini for the precious collaboration and their useful information and insights. vi ACRONYMS ABS Access to basic services AC Adaptive Capacity ATM Automated Teller Machine AST Assets CS-FOR Carbon Sequestration through Climate Investment in Forests and Rangelands DPIC Investment Centre Division, Europe, Central Asia, Near East, North Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean Service ECZ Elevation Coastal Zones FA Factor Analysis FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FIDH International Federation for Human Rights HQ Headquarters MIMIC Multiple Indicators and Multiple Causes NDVI Normalized Difference Vegetation Index OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development RAP Resilience and Policies team RCI Resilience Capacity index RIMA Resilience Index Measurement Analysis RM-TWG Resilience Measurement Technical Working Group RSM Resilience structure matrix SAEFP State Agency for Environment and Forestry SSN Social safety nets TLU Tropical Livestock Unit UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change USAID United States Agency for International Development USD United States dollars vii OBJECTIVE OF THE ANALYSIS The Kyrgyz Republic is one of the most climate vulnerable countries in Central Asia. Situated on the north-east, and located between the Tien Shan and the Pamir