REACH Syria market monitoring

The following Rapid Market Monitoring was collected on 21 October at 12 major markets in NWS. Unlike the regular monthly Market Monitoring, only one (minimum) price-point was collected per item per market. REACH enumerators collected prices both remotely

Market Monitoring monthly dataset with Survival Minimum Expenditure Basket (SMEB) prices. To inform humanitarian actors’ cash and voucher programming, REACH and the Cash-Based Responses Technical Working Group (CBR–TWG) conduct monthly monitoring of key markets throughout Syria to assess the availability and affordability of basic commodities (Market Monitoring Exercise).

Field work was undertaken between 9-22 December 2019 in NES by NGO partners involved in cash-based responses and analysed by REACH. Collected prices and barriers correspond to the timeframe in which they were collected and should be used with care. Prices can be extremely volatile in the Syrian conflict, and they are relevant only in the framework of the markets where information was collected.

Field work was undertaken between 6-13 January 2020 in northeast Syria by NGO partners involved in cash-based responses and analysed by REACH. Collected prices and barriers correspond to the timeframe in which they were collected and should be used with care. Prices can be extremely volatile in the Syrian conflict, and they are relevant only in the framework of the markets where information was collected.

Field work was undertaken between 6-16 January 2020 in northwest Syria by REACH and NGO partners involved in cash-based responses and analysed by REACH. Collected prices and barriers correspond to the timeframe in which they were collected and should be used with care. Prices can be extremely volatile in the Syrian conflict, and they are relevant only in the framework of the markets where information was collected.

Field work was undertaken between 10-17 February 2020 in northwest Syria by REACH and NGO partners involved in cash-based responses and analysed by REACH. Collected prices and barriers correspond to the timeframe in which they were collected and should be used with care. Prices can be extremely volatile in the Syrian conflict, and they are relevant only in the framework of the markets where information was collected.

Field work was undertaken between 10-20 February 2020 in northeast Syria by REACH and NGO partners involved in cash-based responses and analysed by REACH. Collected prices and barriers correspond to the timeframe in which they were collected and should be used with care. Prices can be extremely volatile in the Syrian conflict, and they are relevant only in the framework of the markets where information was collected.

Field work was undertaken for one day on 1 March 2020 in 20 communities in northwest Syria by REACH enumerators in response to reports of increasing prices and unavailability of fuel types. Collected prices and barriers correspond to the timeframe in which they were collected and should be used with care. Prices can be extremely volatile in the Syrian conflict, and they are relevant only in the framework of the markets where information was collected.