UNICEF/WFP Return on Investment for Emergency Preparedness Study

Rome (Italy): Boston Consulting Group (BCG), 2015.

English

35 p.

ELR3041

This study is one of the first research initiatives to quantify the cost and time benefits of a large and diversified investment “portfolio” of emergency preparedness interventions undertaken by UNICEF and WFP in 2014, with support from the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID). It builds the evidence-base for a return on investment (ROI) for preparedness to: 1) Identify opportunities to reduce costs and increase the speed of humanitarian response; 2) Assess planned and existing preparedness investments in terms of potential cost savings and response time; 3) Compare different preparedness interventions along these two dimensions. The ROI model has been developed and applied based on 49 emergency preparedness investments in three pilot countries: Chad, Pakistan and Madagascar. These investments span across four main operational areas (logistics, procurement, staffing and partnerships/ external contracting) and cover UNICEF and WFP activities under DFID Humanitarian Programme funding for emergency preparedness from January 2014 through the end of 2014.

Electronic ed.

Public

ELR 3041

English

MON-129703