• Outcome

• Increase and diversification of incomes

Change in number of target population stabilizing or improving their net income for a defined period (e.g. six, twelve months).

Stabilizing and increasing net income indicates: improvement of productivity (primary production, IGA), improvement of market-links (value chain, sell prices), efficient application of productive/business skills (reduction of expenses), or access to new or better-paid employment.

To show sustainability it is necessary that income increase or stabilization last a defined period of time (6 months, 12 months), depending on the duration of the programme.

Increase of income (or stabilized income) should be preset and, if possible, referenced to wage/salary/etc. in the particular context.

• It includes any type of agro based, non-agro based, or service based income generation activity. It may include market chain support, value addition or transformation etc.
• It includes access to employment.
• It includes strengthening of existing sources of income, or creation/diversification of sources of income.

Definitions:

• MSME: micro, small and medium enterprises (formal or informal)
• IGA: income generation activities

• 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;

• Recover, maintain or increase

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 or productive organisations, or MSME. If percentage:

• Numerator: Number of target population that have improved/stabilized their net income.
• Denominator: Total number of target population

Data Collection methods:

• Secondary data analysis;
• Income records (MSME, productive organisation);
• Household survey;
• Focus group discussions, key informant interviews;
• Depending on the source of income, consider to collect monthly records.

• Income Generation Activities and Employment
• Primary production

X% of target population in Conakry urban area (from those Y% are under 26 years old) improve their net income to the national minimum wage at the end of the project.