Vulnerability Mapping for Better Targeting: Using Spatial Intelligence for Preventive and Adaptive Decision-Making

This master class explores how vulnerability mapping can strengthen evaluation, targeting, and resource allocation by turning fragmented spatial datasets into decision-ready intelligence. Drawing on experience across sectors, the session will discuss how GIS-enabled vulnerability analysis can help identify high-risk geographies, improve convergence planning, and complement field assessments with district-wide evidence. The discussion will also examine how such approaches can be adapted across health, livelihoods, climate resilience, child protection, and public systems planning.