The holistic view of household economy that HEA offers lends itself to use for monitoring program impact and evaluating outcomes. In most cases it is difficult to measure outcomes rather than tracking distribution of inputs. This is especially true to programs which have an explicit objective to support and promote livelihoods. Monitoring using HEA baselines provides a snap shot of how households lived before the project was initiated and details how their lives have changed since. It provides quantified information on which sectors of the population were directly or indirectly impacted and how their access to food, non-food and income opportunities have increased or decreased as a result of an intervention.
