Rapid assessment of livestock markets in Jigjiga, Ethiopia

Building on a market assessment of refugee livelihoods conducted in 2018, this rapid follow-up assessment of the livestock sector in Jigjiga identified potential areas of market-based interventions to improve livelihoods of refugees and members of the host communities engaged in the sector.

The Partnership for improving prospects for host communities and forcibly displaced persons (PROSPECTS), with support from the Government of the Netherlands, is being implemented across eight countries, including in Ethiopia, and works to complement humanitarian assistance with a development approach, focusing on the nexuses between education, protection and employment.

In November 2020, a rapid assessment of livestock markets in Jigjiga, Ethiopia, was conducted, aimed at proposing concrete and evidence-based recommendations to be implemented under PROSPECTS that are linked to and build on the work that was already conducted as part of a GIZ-funded project.

Building on the market assessment of refugee livelihoods conducted in 2018, the rapid follow-up assessment of the livestock sector in Jigjiga identified potential areas of market-based interventions to improve livelihoods of refugees and members of the host communities engaged in the sector. It also proposes practical, concrete and evidence-based recommendations to be implemented under PROSPECTS that are linked to and build on the work that was already conducted as part of the project funded by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ).