USAID FEEDS Program Sierra Leone TOPSMARKits Workshop September

USAID FEEDS Program Sierra Leone TOPS/MARKits Workshop September 15, 2015

FEED Overview • Place hold for Map • Cash based program – Unconditional cash $ 30 reaching 6445 HHs for 7 months – Conditional grants to 400 traders with $ 400 • Objective – Improved access food and catalyzing market activity – Increased purchased power 2

Advantages to Electronic Data Collection • • Speed and Ease Real time data for decision making Reduces errors Saves time 3

Go Electronic! Key Considerations § Decide which platform § Visualize before designing. § Tablets § System and capacity check 4

Why Monitor Markets? • To avoid distorting markets. – Demand vs Supply • Flexible programming. – Changing modality? – Dynamic transfer amounts? • To avoid pull-push factor. – Especially labor market • Early warning. • Geographical consideration – Integration, location variance • Does monthly transfer depend on market monitoring? 5

Pre-Market Data Collection • Determine essential commodities in the food basket • Establish Standard Units of measure/purchase • Purchase price (retail Vs wholesale) • Threshold!!!! • Required Market Information • Tools 6

Ko. Bo Form 7

Ko. Bo Collect 8

Ko. Bo Collect 9

Ko. Bo Data Dashboard 10

Ko. Bo Data Set Export 11

Real Time Data Analysis Monthly Market Monitoring of Average Price of Key Commodities 14 000 12 000 10 000 8 000 6 000 4 000 2 000 0 май-15 июн-15 июл-15 авг-15 сен-15 окт-15 ноя-15 дек-15 янв-16 Rice kilogram Plantain cluster beef pound goat pound fish kilogram palm oil pint vegetable oil pint sugar kilogram Petrol (fuel) liter wage rate daily фев-16 12

Dynamic, Flexible Programming • Do No Harm • Ability to use data to determine if modality or transfer amount needs to be adapted to changing context 13

Conclusion • • • Market monitoring is crucial in cash based programs. Secondary data is important for decision making. Electronic data collection improves efficiency. Ensure you have the necessary resources. Always have a back-up plan. 14