1.C. Proportion of countries where a reduced share of WFP-assisted people resort to emergency or crisis livelihood coping strategies

1.C. Proportion of countries where a reduced share of WFP-assisted people resort to emergency or crisis livelihood coping strategies

VERSION

V1.0 - 2026.04

INDICATOR CODE

1.C

TECHNICAL OWNER

PRGFA

INDICATOR TYPE

Corporate Level Outcome Indicator

Strategic Outcome: 1. Effective emergency preparedness and response;

UNIT OF MEASUREMENT & ANALYSIS

Proportion of countries

INDICATOR DEFINITION

This indicator measures the proportion of countries where WFP assistance has contributed to a reduction in the use of emergency or crisis livelihood coping strategies among assisted populations, based on the Livelihood Coping Strategy (LCS) outcome indicator. The LCS is used to measure the extent of livelihood coping mechanisms that households needed to utilize as a response to a lack of food or money to purchase food during the 30-day period prior to the survey.  The indicator helps in assessing households’ coping capacity and productive capacities in the longer-term, as well as the future impact on access to food for households.

MANDATORY COUNTRY-LEVEL INDICATORS & INCLUSION CRITERIA FOR APR AGGREGATION

Mandatory Country level Indicator(s) composing the corporate indicator:

• 4. Livelihood Coping Strategy for Food Security (LCS-FS)

Inclusion criteria for Mandatory Country Level Indicator(s):

The mandatory country level indicator is included in the aggregation of the corporate indicator under SO.1 & SO.2 only if all the following conditions are met

• The indicator is selected in CSP logframes against the following sub-activities: GD, FFA and FFT.

• Only reporting combinations that have a yearly target, baseline and a follow-up value reported, will inform global aggregation.

Note: Livelihood Coping Strategy for Essential needs indicator is not considered for this corporate indicator calculation.

CALCULATION & AGGREGATION
METHODOLOGY

This indicator is derived from the aggregation of the country-level indicator. To calculate this indicator, use the following steps:

• For each country, this indicator compares the percentage of WFP-assisted households that are using emergency or crisis livelihood coping strategies between two time points (e.g. Baseline and most recent Follow-up values). The aim is to decrease the percentage of households that are practicing emergency or crisis livelihood coping strategies in the absence of food or the money to buy it.

• If multiple activities under SO.1, take the value of the biggest activity with the highest number of beneficiaries (most often, this will be General Food Distribution under SO.1).

• The indicator is then calculated as the proportion of such countries out of the total number of countries reporting on LCS data. This proportion is expressed as a percentage.

Note: The objective is to reduce the proportion of households using Crisis or Emergency livelihood coping strategies. However, changes should be assessed not only by the overall Crisis + Emergency prevalence but also by movements between LCS categories. In the follow-up values, if the proportion of households shifting from Crisis to Emergency coping strategies is greater than the observed reduction in the Crisis + Emergency population, the result should be classified as a deterioration and not counted in the numerator, as it reflects a worsening in the severity of coping despite any apparent overall improvement.

DISAGGREGATION FOR REPORTING IN APR

Optional:

• Region

BASELINE

Baseline will be provided in 2026.

LIMITATIONS

N/A