National Disaster Recovery Monitoring and Evaluation Database

Economic Domain

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"The local economy is the system whereby the affected community’s material and service needs are met through appropriate labor and employment, business development, land use, financial resources, and interaction with the broader economy. It sustains the livelihoods of the members of the community and contributes to the broader economy"

National Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for Disaster Recovery Programs p. 12;
Community Recovery Handbook p. 102 - 103

Outcome: Businesses and not-for-profits can access or attract appropriately skilled workers

Activities:

Employment, training and work experience programs for local economic recovery
Employment, training and work experience programs for repair and rebuilding
Grants to local government - to employ additional apprentices
Repair and rebuild - education facilities (schools, childcare centres, etc)

Indicators:

Adult educational attainment
Businesses that retained workforce after disaster, by type
Job vacancies (by employment type, sector, or skill level)
Labour force status by type of qualification
Labour market outcomes by displacement and return levels
Participation in tertiary education, by age range and education level
Population 25 years and older with a University qualification
Population aged 15-74 in formal and informal learning (number and proportion)
Profitability as a result of training provided
School leavers achieving above a certain level

Outcome: Businesses and not-for-profits have business continuity plans and dynamic organisational resilience practices that address relevant risks and threats

Activities:

Advice and support to businesses on technical and business aspects of recovery
Businesses and organisations plan for future disasters and build disaster resilience
Economic development agency held business continuity plan training
Economic development agency held grant-writing training for businesses

Indicators:

Business respondents who agreed that business continuity planning reduced disruption to their services
Businesses who had taken steps to improve disaster resilience
Intention to use business plans for resilience in the future
Likelihood of using business plans in the future / perceptions of benefits from business plan programs in the future
Organisations with continuity plans and resilience plans
Perceptions of benefits from business plans for future resilience
Perceptions of benefits from business plans in disaster recovery
Proportion of farmers, business owners, not-for-profits who have developed dynamic disaster resilience and continuity plans

Outcome: Consumer and business confidence levels support business operations (both within and outside of the community)

Activities:

"Buy local" campaign
Businesses and organisations that are part of larger organisations are given support to recover from their head office
Grants or loans to businesses - to assist with costs of recovery from the impacts of the disaster
Local governments adjust rates and other charges for affected businesses and households
Tourism marketing

Indicators:

Businesses confident that they will survive to the end of the year
Businesses operational and remaining in business, by location
Businesses operational and remaining in business, by type
Businesses that expected to be able to expand
Businesses that performed according to plan/better than planned
Businesses that retained staff initially funded by recovery program
Crop volumes and values
Farms recovered to pre-disaster levels (includes considerations of closures)
Growers and retail outlets carrying branded products developed through the program
Land in use for agricultural or horticultural production
Mines returned to production, and level of production
Passengers arriving and leaving by plane
Production and yield as a result of the program
Short-term crops established as part of the recovery program
Sources of farm income: grants, government transfers, relief funding
Tourism - international arrivals
Tourism - international or domestic visitors
Tourism business indicators (room occupancy rates, revenue, etc)
Tourist spending patterns
Visitors to tourist websites for the region

Outcome: Early-stage and small businesses have the capacity to continue operation

Activities:

Advice and support to businesses on technical and business aspects of recovery
Assessment of loss of livestock and animal welfare
Employment, training and work experience programs for local economic recovery
Events for specific groups affected by the disaster
Grants or loans to businesses - to assist with costs of recovery from the impacts of the disaster
Local facilities and assets are made available and used for a range of purposes to support recovery
Private sector investment for local economic development
Volunteer programs for clean-up, fence-building and repairs

Indicators:

Businesses operational and remaining in business, by type
Entrepreneurship levels
Farming infrastructure recovered
New horticultural products developed

Outcome: Individuals and households have sufficient financial security to allow them to take advantage of economic opportunities

Activities:

Payments to households and individuals to cover the immediate costs of the impact of the disaster (accommodation, food, personal needs, etc)
Payments to households and individuals to cover the loss of income due to the disaster

Indicators:

Apprentices who retained jobs as a result of an economic recovery program
Average earnings of workers by sector
Community satisfaction with financial support received
Duration of unemployment
Employment rate by age, sex, and other demographic characteristics
Engagement in employment, education and training (EETP)
Household debt levels, by debt type and household type
Household income, by household type
Households in the lowest income quintile
Jobs by sector (number and proportion)
Labour force participation rate
Number of hours worked in a specified period (e.g. the last week)
Number of jobs created as a result of disaster recovery programs
Number of jobs created within disaster recovery projects
Number of new apprentice positions created as a result of disaster recovery programs
Number of people who are actively looking for work
People who had at least one cash flow problem in last 12 months
People who have ceased a job in the period since the disaster
Principal source of household income
Proportion of children living in low-income households
Reduced dependence on disaster-related income support
Self-employment (number and proportion)
Size of the middle class (households in middle income quintiles)
Time that government support has been main source of income in last 2 years
Took at least one dissaving action in last 12 months
Unable to raise $2,000 within a week for something important
Underemployment ratio (underemployed workers expressed as a percentage of total employed persons)
Unemployment rate by age, sex, and other demographic characteristics
Youth not in employment, education or training

Outcome: Local businesses have information they need to continue recovering from the disaster

Activities:

Advice and support to businesses on technical and business aspects of recovery
Advice to business on how to access available grants, advice and other resources
Agriculture industry groups provided resources for advice and support
Assessment process to identify local businesses in need of support
Government agencies prepare revised valuations of affected properties and provide financial assistance
Grants or loans to businesses - to assist with costs of recovery from the impacts of the disaster
Research to support business recovery and future planning (e.g. new products or markets)
Technical advice service for agriculture

Indicators:

Farmers given referrals for support on animal welfare and recovery advice
Perceptions of effectiveness of assistance to farm businesses
Satisfaction with technical information and advice for primary production

Outcome: Vulnerable groups are not further disadvantaged by the impact of the disaster, in terms of their ability to participate in the economic system (e.g. employment prospects, accessing credit)

Activities:

Employment, training and work experience programs for local economic recovery
Employment, training and work experience programs for repair and rebuilding
Grants to local government - to employ additional apprentices
Regulatory changes - land use planning, building standards, development guidelines, or other requirements

Indicators:

Households in each income quintile by ethnicity
Households in the lowest income quintile
Housing costs (rent or mortgage) for households where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Housing quality for households where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Income inequality (income at the 95th and 20th percentiles)
Labour market outcomes by displacement and return levels
Locations with above average levels of households in poverty
Number of income support recipients transferred into employment
People who cannot access, or have difficulty getting to the places needed
Share of jobs by local area
Socioeconomic indicators by ethnicity and gender
Unemployment rate by age, sex, and other demographic characteristics

Economic Domain

National Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for Disaster Recovery Programs p. 12;Community Recovery Handbook p. 102 - 103

National Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for Disaster Recovery Programs p. 12;
Community Recovery Handbook p. 102 - 103