Making vulnerability analysis useful for humanitarian response

The closer we examined what vulnerability analysis was for, the clearer it became that the ways in which vulnerability measurement was being conceived by WVI and others were only taking attention away from what vulnerability analysis was supposed to help them do – to understand vulnerability, identify marginalised groups and to ensure that their voices were being heard. This paper tells the story of why the research did not deliver a tool for measuring vulnerability, but how it found a more productive way forward instead.

WVI now wants to share this learning journey with other organisations grappling with the same problems.