RIVAF Research: "Study of the impact of the global economic and financial crisis on vulnerable people in five countries"
Nutritional status is a key outcome of food security, health and care, therefore an important measure of well-being, in both UNICEF and WFP conceptual frameworks. Both frameworks consider food availability, food access and food utilisation and the two agencies collect indicators that influence nutrition. Combining these data offers a sole opportunity for cross-sectoral analysis.
This study will look at how UNICEF and WFP existing data on nutrition and food security can best be integrated and triangulated to track early impacts of global shocks on people well-being and changing vulnerabilities. It will identify potential correlations between household food security, individual nutritional status and the impact of the financial crisis.
Ultimately the study will propose a sustainable common approach and methodology to strengthen the evidence base of the impact of a crisis. It will also extensively use the mobile phone technology in order to speed up the monitoring and response process and set up real-time monitoring systems. Once harmonised, these systems will consistently feed into Global Pulse.
The study will be carried out in three countries that have already well established Food Security and Nutrition Monitoring Systems - Madagascar, Nepal and Indonesia.