Country: Ethiopia
Sector: Resilience, Humanitarian Response
Background:
During the prolonged drought period, a humanitarian consortium needed rapid socio-economic data to inform relief prioritization. The focus was on asset loss, income disruption, food security, and market functioning.
Approach:
We designed a high-frequency phone survey using a rotating panel of 1,000 households.
The tool collected weekly data on food prices, consumption, water access, and coping strategies.
Remote qualitative interviews with community leaders and traders complemented the data.
Findings:
Cereal prices had tripled in two months, with 78% of households skipping meals. Livestock mortality surged, and local markets had collapsed in several zones. Over 60% of respondents reported selling productive assets, indicating severe distress.
