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Steps 4, 5 and 6: Field work preparation, data collection and final mapping
Before starting Step 4 (field work preparation) the EMMA leader should have…ave an understanding of EMMA’s
aims, tools, and concepts – the purpose of the assessment
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Summarised Objectives of Steps 4, 5 and 6 collect and compile assessment data to feed into the gap, market
and response analyses
Market analysis
Produce final versions of market maps (with data relating to prices, volumes etc…), comparing baseline and
emergency-affected situations
Write summary explanations of all market-system performance, conduct, and features prior to and after the
disaster. This includes understanding the impact on different market actors and their coping strategies
Identify existing and expected constraints on the system’s performance in the near future
Gap analysis
Confirm and (if possible) quantify high-priority un-met needs of various target groups (go back to your pre-
EMMA needs assessments, if needed).
If relevant, refine definition of target group according to vulnerability of access to market system Produce
final versions of seasonal calendars and household economic profiles for target groups
Expose constraints on women’s and men’s access to and use of markets
Response analysis
Understand different target groups’ preferred forms of assistance
Identify possible support actions that might strengthen market actors’ coping strategies and encourage
market-system recovery or better performance. Refine initial potential response decisions that were made
with insufficient data. This process will continue into the next 2 EMMA Steps and will result in the
identification of appropriate response modalities and methodologies (what to do, where and how)
Key Outputs Step 4
Interview structures and questionnaires for different types of market actor and other informant and relevant
data sheets
Key Outputs Step 5
Data sheets – completed forms that systematically record quantitative data
Interview records – notes taken during interviews
and meetings
Other field notes – EMMA team members’ own insights and interpretations during fieldwork
Before starting Step 4 (field work preparation) the EMMA leader should have…
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drawn up a preliminary list of likely information sources (market actors, key informants, locations) and where
possible arranged meeting with them;
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sketched preliminary market maps (showing baseline and emergency-affected situations) and gathered
information about how the market system performed before the crisis;
Before starting Step 5 (data collection) the EMMA leader should have…
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prepared questions and interview structures for different categories of informant and data-collection forms;
Before starting Step 6 (final mapping and analysis) the EMMA leader should have…
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explored how the crisis has affected the market system, and how market actors are coping;
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consulted market actors and key informants on possible market-support actions.
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Key Outputs Step 6
A final, seasonally adjusted,
baseline market map and
emergency market map
Data about numbers of market actors, prices, and volumes of production and trade in the baseline and
emergency situation (shown either on the market map, or included in separate tables)
Explanatory text describing the baseline and emergency market system’s key features that are relevant to the
crisis-affected situation,
including major constraints, bottlenecks, and coping strategies of market actors
A seasonal calendar for the market system
Key Activities in Step 4, 5 and 6
Identify the information needs that arise in each EMMA strand based on initial mapping and key analytical
questions and translate these into interview questions (EMMATKp76-81 Sec4.2-4.5)
Consider issues related to gender, conflict situations, transport, and financial services, effects of humanitarian
action, changes to institutions,
rules and norms, and cash-feasibility questions (EMMATKp82-85 Sec4.6-4.7)
Interview formats and questions are tested and data collection sheets prepared (EMMATKp86-89 Sec4.8-4.9)
Plan fieldwork activities, including identifying market actors to interview, coordinating interview schedules to
avoid interviewing the same actors multiple times, and coordinating travel to market locations
Collect data using the formats and collections sheets prepared
Hold regular debriefings with team members after each day of interviews
Additional Supporting Information:
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Examples of data tables, sample questions for households, market actors and employers that can be used
and/or adapted for use are in ANNEX Step 4,5,6 (EMMATKp89-99 Box 4.4, 4.5, 4.6 and 4.7)
Guidance on whom to interview, interview techniques, tips and conducting interviews (EMMATKp107-111)
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The market analysis agenda – a reminder of topics which need to be explored for each market system
Guidance on the sections that need covering and questions that need answering (EMMATKp79 Sec4.4) according
to the following subheadings:
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Market-chain actors and
linkages
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Infrastructure, inputs and
services
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Institutions, rules,
regulations and norms
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Quantities and prices
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Seasonality
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Competition / market power
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Market integration
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Why are we doing this analysis – a quick reminder
To identify any plausible support actions to rapidly assist coping, recovery, or better performance of the
market system.
To collect any other information that indicates the operational feasibility of various response options being
proposed by respondents.
Therefore consider these questions whilst collecting data as we shall need them to do good response analysis
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What are the main constraints on the market system’s role in emergency response?
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What are the immediate and longer-term actions that might be undertaken to remedy the situation?
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How quickly could these interventions be implemented, so as to be relevant?
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What resources would be required to implement each approach?
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What are the existing structure(s) that can be worked with (i.e. unions, guilds, associations, NGOs, local
groups, lending institutions, networks, government agencies, etc.)?
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How feasible is it in technical, social, and political terms to deliver each of these support options in practice?
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How willing and capable are the market actors (and essential/ key service providers) in responding to a
potential intervention? What challenges/ limitations exist? Can we (NGO sector) do anything to reduce
those limitations (this includes advocacy as well as a market support intervention)?