TANGO is a global leader in food security, livelihoods, and resilience

TANGO provides technical assistance in assessment, strategy and policy development, program design, monitoring, and evaluation for development and humanitarian programs. 

Learning together to improve
​development practice

We are a preferred partner for United Nations agencies, government, international non-governmental organizations, local consultants, and community organizations. ​​We bring experience, expertise, and commitment to our partnerships.

Expertise in Resilience Measurement

Absorptive Capacity
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Ability of households and communities to minimize exposure to shocks if possible and to recover quickly after exposure.  
Adaptive Capacity
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Ability of households and communities to make active and informed choices about their lives and their diversified livelihood strategies based on changing conditions. 
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Transformative Capacity
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Relates to system-level changes that ensures sustained resilience, including formal safety nets, access to markets, infrastructure, and basic services. 
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Community of Practice

​In November 2018, TANGO co-hosted the first Resilience Measurement, Evidence and Learning (RMEL) conference in New Orleans. An archive of the presentations may be found on the conference website: www.measuringresilience.org
To continue the discussions of this community of practice, TANGO contributed to the USAID Horn of Africa Resilience Workshop in Entebbe in May 2019.  A summary brief of the learning event may be found here