The Market Functionality Index (MFI) is designed by WFP to support the ‘Market assessment and risk identification’ and ‘Market situation monitoring’ processes of cash-based assistance operations. The full package helps WFP make informed transfer modality decisions and detect changes in market functionality over time.
- The technical guidance provides the rationale for the MFI and describes the key dimensions that a market assessment should tackle: 1) Assortment of essential goods, 2) Availability, 3) Price, 4) Resilience of supply chains, 5) Market competition, 6) Infrastructure, 7) Services, 8) Food quality, and 9) Access and protection. It also describes the procedure to calculate the index.
- The practical guidance provides simple steps for conducting a market assessment using the MFI package, including the questionnaires in several languages and other tools for data management and data exchange.
- Sampling guidance provides guidance on the sampling methods and related practical decisions in a trader survey.
- The FAQ document is organized in eight thematic areas: a) MFI package, b) goals and use; c) trader survey; d) goods relevant for the assessment; e) sampling; f) data collection; g) end-to-end data pipeline, and h) responsibilities.
- The Market Functionality Index for Nutrition (MFI-N) is a new assessment tool that measures markets’ capacity to supply nutritious, diverse, safe, and fortified foods essential for healthy diets, while identifying critical bottlenecks. Implemented alongside WFP’s corporate Market Functionality Index (MFI), the MFI-N generates nutrition-specific insights directly relevant to programmatic decision-making. This document summarizes evidence from seven pilot countries.
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