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After recognizing the need for better direction and resources for labor market assessment (LMA) in humanitarian crisis, the International Rescue Committee, Mercy Corps and Save the Children have worked together to produce a new practitioner's guide on the topic.
The guidance document is intended for use by:
- Experienced market analysts who have not undertaken labor analysis before
- Practitioners with market assessment experience but with limited experience of LMAs
- Program staff familiar with the humanitarian context but not LMA
- Long-term livelihoods/development practitioners’ familiar with LMAs but with limited humanitarian experience
Although quite a few EMMAs have been conducted on labor market systems, EMMA is not the most effective tool for gathering the complex range of information needed to design a fully-fledged livelihoods program. Using learning and experiences from labor market analyses specifically in the Syria crisis response, the guide aims to provide guidance on how to tailor existing resources to more accurately assess livelihoods and labor market opportunities in complex humanitarian situations.
You can access the new LMA guidance document here.