Deconstructing Local Adaptation Plans for Action (LAPAs) - Analysis of Nepal and Pakistan LAPA initiatives
This paper analyses the organizational and implementation design strategies of two ongoing
Local Adaptation Plan for Action (LAPA) initiatives in Nepal and Pakistan. LAPA is considered
an answer for institutionalized local-level adaptation planning that aims to capture local needs
and direct resources to where, when and by whom these are most needed. While both Nepal and
Pakistan LAPAs have similar objectives of bottom-up planning, the operational and structural
designs of the two LAPAs are very distinct, leading to different outcomes. Different internal and
external factors such as age and size of LAPA, technology, local institutional arrangements, core
process and environment also exert significant structural tensions on the planned organizational
design of LAPAs that may inhibit delivery of their objectives.
Citation
Chaudhury AS, Sova CA, Rasheed T, Thornton TF, Baral P, Zeb A. 2014. Deconstructing Local Adaptation Plans for Action (LAPAs) - Analysis of Nepal and Pakistan LAPA initiatives. CCAFS Working Paper No. 67. Copenhagen, Denmark: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)