Monitoring and evaluation of program impacts on livelihoods in Sri Lanka
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Relief and Assistance Planning Support for Haiti
As humanitarian relief and long-term assistance planning for Haiti continues, FEG - through the USAID funded Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) - has made available rural and urban livelihoods analysis products that some decision makers may find useful.
The first product is a set of rural livelihoods profiles. These profiles are useful for understanding the potential impact of market and other disruptions that may occur following the earthquake, including the disruption of food crops and other commodities (possible price increases), remittances and migratory labor. The rural livelihood profiles provide an overview of livelihood systems in different parts of the country, including information on:
- Typical sources of food and income and coping strategies of households at different wealth levels.
- Migratory labor to Port au Prince and other urban areas.
- Links between Port au Prince markets and rural markets, both for the sale and purchase of goods.
- Relative dependence on food purchases to meet total food needs (and therefore vulnerability to price increases).
- Household dependence on remittances.
- The seasonality of various productive activities.
The second livelihoods analysis product is an urban livelihoods baseline of Port au Prince that provides detailed information on poorer neighborhoods. It includes income ranges, expenditure patterns and sources of food for different wealth groups in normal years as well as coping strategies for difficult times. The information is useful when modeling for example, how the loss of remittances and/or breakdowns in market systems can affect households.
For further assistance on how to use these livelihoods products, please contact info@feg-consulting.com. Both products can be downloaded from the FEWS NET website in the Haiti location.
