How is Livelihoods Analysis Helpful

Understanding the socio-economic architecture of households is crucial for making the right decisions about how to reduce poverty and build stronger livelihoods. FEG Consulting's approach to livelihoods analysis seeks to understand the elements of household operations and provide support on appropriate actions.

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by Stephen Browne — last modified 03/18/2008 10:35

FEG Consulting (previously known as the Food Economy Group) has been on the leading edge of livelihoods-based food security information systems, policy analysis and complex-process facilitation services for over ten years, contributing to the efforts of a broad range of decision makers in the humanitarian and development community.

Its work in countries throughout Africa, Asia and Latin America has consistently focused on linking decision makers to the realities of poor people, across rural and urban communities, in pastoral and agricultural settings, and within both fragile states and settled communities.

FEG Consulting continues to set the standard for translating complex livelihoods into comprehensible outputs so that the needs of those most in need are prioritized.
Learn More About FEG Services

FEG Consulting aims to support livelihoods and reduce poverty by linking decision makers to relevant and actionable information. Through a range of services, from early warning systems design, to livelihood baseline assessments to policy advising and institutional capacity building, FEG Consulting has been delivering practical and thoughtful solutions since its inception ten years ago.

Please browse our Services and What is HEA sections to learn how FEG Consulting can meet your organization's needs.



 

FEG Spotlight

HEA Toolkit

In 2008 FEG Consulting and Save the Children -UK, with support from the DFID-funded RHVP, released a toolkit that aims to provide updated technical and training materials related to the Household Economy Approach (HEA), replacing previous guidance on HEA released in 2000. The Practitioners' Guide is the first component of this toolkit, and offers technical support to consultants, field staff and program planners on all aspects of the HEA Framework.

Global Food Prices - Rural Realities

In response to rising concern about the effects of rising global food prices on rural households, FEG Consulting has provided an alternative view to the urban-centric focus to date, arguing that direct aid responses to this crisis must be especially precise (given limited aid resources) and grounded in the principle of ‘proportionality to need’, regardless of whether the areas at risk are rural or urban.

Vulnerability in Northeastern Kenya

In late summer 2007, FEG Consulting supported Save the Children UK in leading an HEA baseline assessment, jointly carried out with CARE, Oxfam GB, ACF, Islamic Relief and Merlin in northeastern Kenya. Key among the findings was that despite almost continuous emergency support in North Eastern Kenya since the drought of 1997-98, poverty has increased in the region.

Mozambique Livelihoods Baseline Assessment

As of June 2008, FEWS NET and FEG Consulting, in collaboration with the Mozambique Vulnerability Assessment Committee and other FEWS NET Mozambique partners have been undertaking an HEA livelihoods baseline assessment in the Zambezi Valley and in select coastal districts of Nampula and Zambezi Provinces.
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