• Outcome

• Survival and livelihoods protection threshold

Change in household capacity to meet their livelihood protection threshold This indicator uses HEA/HES approach to determine households’ livelihood protection threshold, and population ability to meet their basic needs, using their coping strategies or other strategies, as per the baseline. • It includes food/cash distributions interventions • It includes livelihood restarting interventions (sources of food and income) Definitions: • Livelihood protection threshold : The livelihood protection threshold represents the total income required to sustain local livelihoods. This means total expenditure to: - Ensure basic survival needs, plus - Maintain access to basic services (e.g. routine medical and schooling expenses), plus - Sustain livelihoods in the medium to longer term (e.g. regular purchases of seeds, fertilizer, veterinary drugs), plus - Achieve a minimum locally acceptable standard of living (e.g. purchase of basic clothing, coffee/tea). • HEA: Household Economic Approach • HES: Household Economic Security

Geography/Livelihoods zone; Head of household’s gender, age, disabilities, chronic diseases, dependency ratio, and any other relevant criteria, such as urban/rural context, religious, ethnic or political identities; Wealth groups; Livelihoods 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. In slow-onset emergency, (if possible) frequency should be higher (on weekly, monthly basis) to ensure appropriateness of assistance. • Secondary data. Reliable/relevant sources from other actors, clusters or government (e.g. assessment information, reference to a normal situation). Unit of Measurement: Household (most typical). If percentage: • Numerator: Number of households that have achieved the livelihood protection threshold • Denominator: Total number of target households Data Collection methods: Secondary data analysis; Households survey; Focus Group Discussion, key informant interviews.

• Economic Security

X% of target pastoralist households in Dawa Region meet their livelihood protection threshold at the end of the programme.

Use HEA/HES approach. Consider also the IHEA (Individual Household Economy Approach) methodology. Consider seasonal calendar and market price variations throughout the year to determine when to measure the indicator. For more details on methodology: The Practitioner’s Guide to HEA: https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/sites/default/files/docs/1_The_Practitioners_Guide_to_HEA_1.pdf