This evaluation examined the relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability of WFP’s support for the recovery of livelihoods after disasters. Field-based research was carried out in Bangladesh, Colombia, Lesotho, Nepal and Uganda during October and November 2008, complemented by a desk analysis of recovery issues in Ethiopia,Pakistan, Sierra Leone and the Sudan and a secondary literature review. WFP’s commitment to support livelihood recovery is reflected in a number of policy papers and reinforced in its new Strategic Plan (2008–2011). These policies envisage using food assistance to enable people to avoid negative coping strategies, rebuild household assets and restore livelihoods. In terms of relevance, WFP’s policy commitments to livelihood recovery are consistent with good practice outside WFP. Although there are good examples of needs assessments using livelihood frameworks to examine recovery needs, it is important for WFP to: i) assess more explicitly the levels of assistance required to enable people to rebuild assets and livelihoods; and ii) improve the link between assessment and programme design. The capacity to implement and scale up cash responses where appropriate is also important. WFP food assistance appears to be effective in helping people to meet immediate food security needs and in mitigating negative coping strategies, but less effective in enabling people to restore the productive assets required for more resilient livelihoods. The effectiveness of livelihood support could be enhanced by addressing issues related to the level, timing and duration of food assistance and the provision of complementary non-food assistance by other actors.
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Publisher:
WFP
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Progress Report
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Keywords:
FOOD, FOOD SECURITY, LIVELIHOOD, FOOD SUPPLY, FOOD AID, POVERTY, HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE, NUTRITION, FOOD ASSISTANCE, PROGRAMME PLANNING, HOUSEHOLDS, EVALUATION, INTERVENTION
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Thematic Group:
FAO
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Food and Agriculture Organization
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Thesaurus:
10.01.00
- Food And Nutrition
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