Tracking change in livelihoods, service delivery and governance: Evidence from a 2012-2015 panel survey in South Kivu, DRC
This paper reports on the findings from the second round of the survey of households in the conflict-affected province of South Kivu
Abstract
This paper reports on the findings emerging from the second round of the survey – previously conducted in 2012 – of households in the conflict-affected province of South Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The survey was designed to explore people’s livelihoods, access to and satisfaction with basic services, and relationships with governance processes and actors.
Main findings from statistical analysis of the data include:
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Levels of armed conflict and crime have decreased since 2012. However, over 40% of the 2015 sample described their immediate living environment as unsafe or quite dangerous
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Between 2012 and 2015, household assets increased, housing conditions improved, and household economies diversified – though food insecurity remains high
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Basic services are intensively used, despite the substantial user costs involved and ongoing armed conflict and crime
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The average perception of both customary and formal local governance actors did not change much between 2012 and 2015, but central state actors scored significantly lower in 2015
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Displaced people are not more likely to receive humanitarian assistance: livelihood support among displaced families dropped from 51% in 2012 to 34% in 2015.
This research was funded under the Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium (SLRC) programme
Citation
Ferf, A., Thieme Groen, E., Mashanda, M., Milabyo, P., Sturge, G., 2016. Tracking change in livelihoods, service delivery and governance: Evidence from a 2012-2015 panel survey in South Kivu, DRC, Working Paper, London: Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium, 102p
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