Recognizing the importance of building more resilient communities to be able to manage and adapt to recurring and unexpected weather, health and market shocks, Vikāra Institute's most recent study assessed the drivers of resilience in market systems in low income communities most impacted by these recurring shocks in Nepal. This study was particularly important in connecting household-level resilience with the larger market system’s resilience capacities. The study included gathering qualitative insights on the role that layered implementation of several donor activities have had in shaping these drivers of resilience of key market systems in Nepal. (This study was funded by USAID/Nepal, in collaboration with USAID’s Center for Resilience and the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance and managed through USAID’s Market Systems and Partnership Activity).