Livelihoods expertise
Livelihood security has been a core focus of TANGO’s work for over 18 years. Our technical assistance helps development and humanitarian actors implement livelihood programs that are efficient, effective, and have sustainable impact. TANGO works on a continuous basis with United Nations agencies, donor governments, foundations, and NGO partners on developing and evaluating such programs. TANGO frequently recommends livelihood strategies, including livelihoods implementation strategies in conjunction with food security and livelihoods programming. See also the food security expertise, resilience, and climate change adaptation pages.
Key projects include:
Key projects include:
- Conducted the evaluation of UNHCR's global livelihoods strategy and approaches (2018), with case studies in Costa Rica, Ghana, India, Rwanda, and Turkey. See the final report here.
- Drafted the technical report, "The Effect of Livelihood Diversity on Recovery and Shock Impact in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda" for USAID Feed the Future and The International Livestock Research Institute (2016). See the final report here.
- Conducted the impact evaluation of the Managing Environmental Resources to Enable Transition to More Sustainable Livelihoods (MERET) program, with World Food Program in Ethiopia (2012), and conducted a post-hoc evaluation of MERET in 2016.
- Organized and implemented baseline surveys in eight countries with over 18,000 participants as part of USAID’s Feed the Future FEEDBACK program, which seeks to improve the livelihoods systems and key value chains in the target countries (2012-2013).
- Contributed as a lead author of the "Evaluation and review of DG ECHO-financed livelihood interventions in humanitarian crises" (2012). See the final report here.
- Facilitated numerous capacity development activities for NGOs and partners, including Training of Trainer workshops on livelihoods and M&E.
