The Household Economy Analysis in Brief

The Household Economy Analysis (HEA) is a robust livelihood based framework that helps in understanding of how households in different socio-economic groups get the food and cash they need; their assets, opportunities open to them, constraints they face during crisis and their coping ability.

The analysis shows the relationships among different groups and different areas, providing a picture of how wealth is distributed within a community and who gets what from where/whom. HEA was developed on the principle that information about events that affect a particular area or community such as late rains, economic reforms, rising food prices, falling cattle prices, closure of farm settlements, can only be properly interpreted if seen against the context of how people normally live.