http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/presscenter/speeches/2012/04/16/helen-clark-putting-resilience-at-the-heart-of-the-development-agenda.html#.T4yfbk4BlaY.facebook

Link to Helen Clark's speech on the importance of building resilience to sustain development - resilience to shocks of all kinds from natural disaster to economic shocks & their social ramifications. The quality of governance is also importance in building resilience. 

Some good stuff here.....