The impact of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme and its linkages

This paper assesses the impact of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Nets Programme (PSNP), the largest social protection program in Sub-Saharan Africa outside of South Africa. Using Propensity Score Matching techniques, we find that the program has little impact on participants on average, due in part to...

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Autores principales: Gilligan, Daniel O., Hoddinott, John F., Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum
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Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161701
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author Gilligan, Daniel O.
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description This paper assesses the impact of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Nets Programme (PSNP), the largest social protection program in Sub-Saharan Africa outside of South Africa. Using Propensity Score Matching techniques, we find that the program has little impact on participants on average, due in part to transfer levels that fell far below program targets. Beneficiary households that received at least half of the intended transfers experienced a significant improvement in food security by some measures. However, households with access to both the PSNP and packages of agricultural support were more likely to be food secure, to borrow for productive purposes, use improved agricultural technologies, and operate their own nonfarm business activities. For these households, there is no evidence of disincentive effects in terms of labor supply or private transfers. However, estimates show that beneficiaries did not experience faster asset growth as a result of the programs.
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spelling CGSpace1617012025-11-06T05:01:25Z The impact of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme and its linkages Gilligan, Daniel O. Hoddinott, John F. Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum social safety nets impact assessment food security public works social protection labour gender analysis food aid This paper assesses the impact of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Nets Programme (PSNP), the largest social protection program in Sub-Saharan Africa outside of South Africa. Using Propensity Score Matching techniques, we find that the program has little impact on participants on average, due in part to transfer levels that fell far below program targets. Beneficiary households that received at least half of the intended transfers experienced a significant improvement in food security by some measures. However, households with access to both the PSNP and packages of agricultural support were more likely to be food secure, to borrow for productive purposes, use improved agricultural technologies, and operate their own nonfarm business activities. For these households, there is no evidence of disincentive effects in terms of labor supply or private transfers. However, estimates show that beneficiaries did not experience faster asset growth as a result of the programs. 2008 2024-11-21T09:57:28Z 2024-11-21T09:57:28Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161701 en https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780203842812-16 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155010 https://doi.org/10.1080/00220380902935907 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Gilligan, Daniel O.; Hoddinott, John F.; Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum. 2008. The impact of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme and its linkages. IFPRI Discussion Paper 839. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161701
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labour
gender analysis
food aid
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Hoddinott, John F.
Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum
The impact of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme and its linkages
title The impact of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme and its linkages
title_full The impact of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme and its linkages
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title_full_unstemmed The impact of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme and its linkages
title_short The impact of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme and its linkages
title_sort impact of ethiopia s productive safety net programme and its linkages
topic social safety nets
impact assessment
food security
public works
social protection
labour
gender analysis
food aid
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161701
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