Little is known about the present state of market systems in Libya. Relevant market dynamics are not fully understood by the humanitarian community, which in turn hampers the provision of an effective and efficient response to vulnerable population groups. In an effort to better understand market systems and to support the scale-up of cash distributions, […]
In September 2016, as cash was becoming an increasingly important and common mean for aid delivery, REACH and the Iraq Cash Working Group (CWG) began developing the Joint Price Monitoring Initiative (JPMI), with the aim to harmonise price data collection in Iraq and enhance collaboration between cash actors. Over a year later, the JPMI is undergoing its […]
Between 17 September and 6 October 2017, fighting between rival armed groups in the Libyan city of Sabratha led to the rapid displacement of 2,350 local households and several thousand migrants to surrounding cities and towns, according to figures from IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM). Although active hostilities have subsided and many internally displaced persons […]
