Mercy Corps PRIME Project: Enhancing Resilience to Severe Drought Full Report

by Mercy Corps. The report evaluates the effectiveness of Mercy Corps' Pastoralist Areas Resilience Improvement through Market Expansion (PRIME) project in enhancing the resilience of households in Ethiopia's Somali Regional State to severe drought. The report provides an overview of the evolution of resilience programming in Ethiopia, describes the methodology used to evaluate the PRIME project, and presents the results of the study, including the impact of the project on household wellbeing outcomes, intermediate outcomes, and the variation of project impact by drought intensity. The report concludes with policy recommendations and areas for further research.