Synopsis: Ethiopia’s social protection program is associated with improved household resilience
We examine the implication of the Productive Safety Nets Program (PSNP) in Ethiopia on the economic resilience of rural households. Using five-rounds of household panel data covering nine years, we implement a recently developed probabilistic moment-based approach to measure resilience and evaluate...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2021
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| author | Abay, Kibrom A. Abay, Mehari Hiluf Berhane, Guush Chamberlin, Jordan |
| author_browse | Abay, Kibrom A. Abay, Mehari Hiluf Berhane, Guush Chamberlin, Jordan |
| author_facet | Abay, Kibrom A. Abay, Mehari Hiluf Berhane, Guush Chamberlin, Jordan |
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| description | We examine the implication of the Productive Safety Nets Program (PSNP) in Ethiopia on the economic resilience of rural households. Using five-rounds of household panel data covering nine years, we implement a recently developed probabilistic moment-based approach to measure resilience and evaluate the role of PSNP transfers and duration of participation in PSNP on household resilience. We document three important findings. First, although PSNP transfers are positively strongly associated with resilience, we find that transfers below the median are less likely to generate meaningful improvements in resilience. Second, continuous participation in PSNP is associated with higher resilience. Third, our evaluation of both short-term welfare outcomes and longer-term resilience suggests that these outcomes are likely to be driven by different factors. These findings suggest boosting household resilience will require significant investments in social protection programs and continuous participation in these programs. Our findings have important implications for the design and targeting of social protection programs in Africa, where safety nets programs generally operate at small scale with small transfers to beneficiaries over relatively short durations. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1432132025-12-08T10:11:39Z Synopsis: Ethiopia’s social protection program is associated with improved household resilience Abay, Kibrom A. Abay, Mehari Hiluf Berhane, Guush Chamberlin, Jordan households social protection cash transfers social safety nets poverty resilience We examine the implication of the Productive Safety Nets Program (PSNP) in Ethiopia on the economic resilience of rural households. Using five-rounds of household panel data covering nine years, we implement a recently developed probabilistic moment-based approach to measure resilience and evaluate the role of PSNP transfers and duration of participation in PSNP on household resilience. We document three important findings. First, although PSNP transfers are positively strongly associated with resilience, we find that transfers below the median are less likely to generate meaningful improvements in resilience. Second, continuous participation in PSNP is associated with higher resilience. Third, our evaluation of both short-term welfare outcomes and longer-term resilience suggests that these outcomes are likely to be driven by different factors. These findings suggest boosting household resilience will require significant investments in social protection programs and continuous participation in these programs. Our findings have important implications for the design and targeting of social protection programs in Africa, where safety nets programs generally operate at small scale with small transfers to beneficiaries over relatively short durations. 2021-12-13 2024-05-22T12:12:33Z 2024-05-22T12:12:33Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143213 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134935 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Studies Institute Abay, Kibrom A.; Abay, Mehari Hiluf; Berhane, Guush; and Chamberlin, Jordan. 2021. Synopsis: Ethiopia’s social protection program is associated with improved household resilience. ESSP Research 76. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Studies Institute. https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134862. https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/food-systems-sustainable-poverty-hunger-patriarchal-system-b1879840.html |
| spellingShingle | households social protection cash transfers social safety nets poverty resilience Abay, Kibrom A. Abay, Mehari Hiluf Berhane, Guush Chamberlin, Jordan Synopsis: Ethiopia’s social protection program is associated with improved household resilience |
| title | Synopsis: Ethiopia’s social protection program is associated with improved household resilience |
| title_full | Synopsis: Ethiopia’s social protection program is associated with improved household resilience |
| title_fullStr | Synopsis: Ethiopia’s social protection program is associated with improved household resilience |
| title_full_unstemmed | Synopsis: Ethiopia’s social protection program is associated with improved household resilience |
| title_short | Synopsis: Ethiopia’s social protection program is associated with improved household resilience |
| title_sort | synopsis ethiopia s social protection program is associated with improved household resilience |
| topic | households social protection cash transfers social safety nets poverty resilience |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143213 |
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