Uganda Refugee Settlement Price and Market Functionality Snapshot, 1-31 March 2021

Document Type:	Dashboards & Factsheets
Document Type:	English
Publish Date:	3 June 2021 (3 years ago)
Upload Date:	8 June 2021 (3 years ago)
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Uganda Refugee Settlement Price and Market Functionality Snapshot, 1-31 March 2021

Document Type:	Dashboards & Factsheets
Document Language:	English

World Food Programme (WFP) has established a regular market price monitoring system across refugee settlements to inform cash-based response approaches. These monitoring efforts predate the COVID-19 crisis. However, due to the changing situation since the Ugandan government introduced COVID-19 containment measures in mid-March 2020, there is a risk that markets could be significantly affected and beneficiaries receiving cash assistance may not be able to access critical goods. In response, with the technical support of the Market Analysis Task Force and REACH in particular, this market price monitoring system has been expanded to capture crucial information to understand the impact of COVID-19 on commodity prices and functionality of markets in refugee communities across Uganda