• Outcome

• Access to Livelihoods Support Services and Markets

Change in number of population (households, productive organisations, MSME) with improved access to livelihood support services (veterinary services, financial services, training, etc.) and/or markets.

Livelihood support services are all kind of services that allow improve or strength livelihood activities and their productivity. This indicator measures the access to these services:

• It includes improvement of linkages between markets and small holders producers (to allow them to improve or to obtain income from the own production)
• It includes access to credit and other financial services (insurances, microcredits, saving groups).
• It includes access to technical services, such as training (public/private extensionist /extension workers), other productive services (e.g. veterinary or business services), and legal, financial, and networking advice.
• It includes access to legal services relating to employment, work permits or business registration permits
• It includes all formal and informal services

Definitions:

• MSME: micro, small and medium enterprises (formal or informal)

• Geography/Livelihood zone;
• Gender, age, disabilities, chronic diseases (for individuals, associations members, etc.);
• Head of household’s gender, age, disabilities, chronic diseases, dependency ratio (for households), and any other relevant criteria, such as urban/rural context, religious, ethnic or political identities;
• Wealth groups; Livelihood group (e.g. pastoralist, farmers, traders);
• Period to achieve the objective;

• Increase (number)

Both secondary and primary data collection can be used according to context.

• Baseline/Endline. If multiyear programme consider also a mid-term evaluation.
• Secondary data. Reliable/relevant sources from other actors, clusters or government (e.g. assessment information, reference to a normal situation).

Unit of Measurement: Population, but can also be households, productive organisations, or MSME. If percentage:

• Numerator: Number population accessing to markets and livelihood support services.
• Denominator: Total number of target population

Data Collection methods:

• Secondary data analysis;
• Household surveys and focus group discussions;
• Key informant interviews;
• Productive organisations, MSMEs’ survey and records;
• Livelihood support services’ records (financial institutions records, etc.)

• Access to Market and Services

X of target farmer organisations (from those Y are women organisations) gain improved access to animal health services as a result of the project. All target populations from Cayes Jacmel district have safe and full access to market goods, services and systems throughout the duration of the programme. At the end of the programme, X% of target small and medium businesses from Cayes Jacmel district are able to access credit/loans as a result of the project.