UN Children’s Fund, WASH Cluster, REACH Initiative-Yemen Joint Market Monitoring Initiative March 2018

INTRODUCTION

This is the first monthly factsheet for the Yemen Joint Market Monitoring Initiative (JMMI). The JMMI has been launched by REACH in collaboration with the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Cluster and Cash and Market Working Group (CMWG) to support humanitarian actors and with the objective of harmonizing price monitoring among all cash actors in Yemen. The JMMI will incorporate information on market systems including price levels and supply chains. The basket of goods to be assessed comprises eight Non-Food Item (NFI) products, including fuel, water and hygiene products, reflecting programmatic areas of the WASH Cluster.