Annual Outcome Survey on USAID’s Inclusive Economic Growth Program (IRiS)

Annual Outcome Survey on USAID’s Inclusive Economic Growth Program (IRiS)

February 7, 2025Posted inAgriculture and Market Systems, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management, Social Research
Inclusive Resilience in Somalia (IRiS) is a five-year project (2022–2027) funded by USAID and the UK's FCDO, aimed at accelerating economic development for marginalized groups in Somalia. The project enhances resilience through rural and urban livelihood diversification and inclusive economic market systems. IRiS focuses on the agriculture, livestock, and fisheries sectors, addressing key shocks like climate variability, conflict, and economic instability. The project targets integration of the urban poor and IDPs into urban economies, promotion of private sector investments, policy and regulatory strengthening, and expanding financial services for marginalized populations. [showhide] INSIGHTS conducted annual outcome surveys via household and business surveys in six targeted districts: Bay (Baidoa), Lower Shabelle (Afgoi, Barawe), Middle Shabelle (Balcad, Jowhar), Banadir (Mogadishu), and Lower Juba (Kismayu). The objective of this activity is to gather detailed information on the status of various performance indicators, providing insights that help the program team, donors, and partners understand the project's impact and progress. The first survey, scheduled for July 2024, aligns with the program’s Activity Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Plan (AMELP), supporting data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement of resilience-building efforts in Somalia. [/showhide]
Endline Evaluation & /Impact evaluation of Response Initiative for Somalia Emergencies (RISE Project)

Endline Evaluation & /Impact evaluation of Response Initiative for Somalia Emergencies (RISE Project)

February 7, 2025Posted inAgriculture and Market Systems, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management, Social Research
The RISE project’s goal is to minimize the impacts of the Ukraine war on the livelihoods, resilience and food security of IFAD’s target group. As well the project development objective is to maintain and improve climate-smart agricultural productive capacity, post-harvest, and resilient water infrastructure access for small-scale producers affected by the Ukraine crisis by contributing to conducive agro-ecological and market conditions, protecting productive livelihoods of beneficiaries and tapping new market opportunities to reduce small-scale producers' vulnerability, enhance their resilience to the shocks from the Ukraine crisis. In relation to targeting, the project interventions will target rural smallholder farmers, pastoralists, and agro-pastoralist communities. [showhide] INSIDHTS conducted an End-line and impact assessment aimed to cover all key components and the sub-components of the project implemented in the project target districts and to assess the project intervention, activities and inputs provided. The End line Survey and Project Impact Evaluation focused on impact, outcome and inputs indicators by a collection of verified information through systematic data collection from beneficiaries and the project stakeholders for a set of evaluation questions (IFAD impact assessment standard questionnaire and project related questionnaire) in conjunction with the above-mentioned impact domains [/showhide]
Development of Community-Level Disaster Risk Management Guidelines in Hirshabelle and Southwest States in Somalia

Development of Community-Level Disaster Risk Management Guidelines in Hirshabelle and Southwest States in Somalia

February 7, 2025Posted inClimate Change and Disaster Risk Management, Human Capital and Public Sector Reforms, Social Research
World Food Programme (WFP) Somalia Country Office together with Somali Disaster Management Agency (SODMA) and Ministries of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management (MOHADM) is currently implementing a project, titled “Strengthening and linking federal and state early warning systems” with financial support from the World Bank. The project objective is to strengthen community-oriented disaster early warning systems and capacities in Hirshabelle and Southwest States. [showhide] Through this project, the proposed interventions will pilot disaster early warning systems and approaches, while linking them to national disaster risk management, with the goal of improving national and community disaster preparedness and response capacities. This project is strongly aligned to the Somalia Crisis Recovery Project (SCRP’s) development objectives which is to support the recovery of livelihoods and infrastructure in flood and drought affected areas and strengthen capacity for disaster preparedness nationwide. Taken with the other components of the SCRP, this project will support an integrated flood-drought response and preparedness regime to mitigate against climatic shocks. INSIGHTS is supporting the development of 4 key documents namely Development of community-level disaster risk management guidelines, revise contingency plans, and develop regulatory framework and standard operating procedures for early warning and response efforts on floods and droughts. [/showhide]