Forecasting hazards, averting disasters

UNICEF/WFP Return on Investment for Emergency Preparedness (UNICEF/WFP, 2015). This study evaluated 

the ROI to emergency preparedness, and found that prepositioning of emergency supplies can yield ROIs of 

1.6–2.0, and generate significant time savings in response of between 14 and 21 days on average.

Evaluation of WFP Import Parity Approach (WFP, 2011). WFP’s import parity approach compares local and 

international sourcing costs and delivery times for food. An analysis of the price differences between the lowest 

and next-best quotes from suppliers for more than one-third of all WFP’s 2010 food procurement expenditure 

suggests that the import parity approach led to savings of between 23% and 33% (at least $99 million) in the 

cost of commodities.