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INTRODUCTION
Since 24 February 2022, the full-scale war across Ukraine has prompted mass displacement and an evolving humanitarian crisis1. Given the prominence of multipurpose cash as a modality for assistance, market monitoring is a key initiative to ensure humanitarian intervention is effective, sustainable and does not harm local markets.
Due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, humanitarian market data is limited and incomplete, especially from conflict-affected areas. The Joint Market Monitoring Initiative (JMMI) seeks to fill this information gap by providing useful and timely data on price trends and market functionality indicators.
Marketplaces across Ukraine are assessed on a monthly basis. In each location, field teams record prices and other market indicators through retailer and customer key informant (KI) interviews that characterize monthly changes in the local markets.
The goal of the JMMI is to track the availability and price of basic commodities on a monthly basis; assess people’s access to cash and markets, and functionality of supply systems.