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Making Markets Work for All is a gender-sensitive, age- and disability-inclusive assessment of markets in the Gaza Strip carried out by the Basic Needs Consortium.
The purpose of this exercise was to conduct a market assessment with a protection lens to fill knowledge gaps about market conditions affecting three specific types of households with unique needs: female-headed households, households with infants (0-23 months), and households with members with disabilities. The mixed-methodology approach sought information on market infrastructure, item availability, prices, market access, and the supply chain. The assessment first employed a phone survey of recent MPCA recipients in the aforementioned household typologies, which aimed to better understand their needs and helped produce a list of “index items” for each type of household. The study then used in-depth interviews with vendors in Khan Younis and Deir El Balah and key informant interviews with various stakeholders to glean more information about market conditions and how they affected these households’ ability to meet their basic needs. Given that the ceasefire came into effect in the middle of this assessment, some aspects were tailored to assess the suitability of a scale-up of MPCA programming to address the needs of households with specific needs, without generating unintended price increases or shortages of items in the markets.
With support from the European Union, the Basic Needs Consortium (BNC) brings together the expertise of Mercy Corps, Catholic Relief Services, Danish Refugee Council, and six Palestinian NGOs to deliver multisectoral humanitarian assistance to Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. The BNC combines multipurpose cash assistance (MPCA), shelter and site management and protection services, reaching over 100,000 people in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, including over 36,000 people receiving MPCA in the Gaza Strip.