Assessing Community Vulnerability  

Before developing a sustainable livelihood initiative, it’s important to have a holistic understanding of a community’s current situation (i.e., through baseline assessments). Collecting information on a community’s context can help support successful livelihoods initiatives. Key assessments include: Vulnerability context assessment, Livelihood Capital assessment, and Enabling Environment assessment 
Key takeaways
  • Key takeaways
    The Vulnerability Context describes the conditions which people and communities have little or no control over; and will indicate the kind of opportunities that may be possible for sustainable livelihoods in a particular place.
  • Key takeaways
    The Livelihood Capital assessment helps define the different types of capital or resources available to a community, which can support livelihoods. There are five main types of capital: natural, human, social, infrastructure, and financial.
  • Key takeaways
    The Enabling Environment assessment helps determine whether and how households gain access to livelihood capital and how they may use it. It also determines how the community and community members can respond to vulnerabilities they face.
Where in the MPA lifecycle?
?