Social protection and resilience: The case of the productive safety net program in Ethiopia

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Marketsen
cg.coverage.countryEthiopiaen
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ETen
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africaen
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen
cg.creator.identifierKibrom Abay: 0000-0003-1451-2421en
cg.creator.identifierGuush Berhane: 0000-0002-1947-9483en
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134935en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Divisionen
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Ethiopia Strategy Support Programen
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot rankeden
cg.number2086en
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorAbay, Kibrom A.en
dc.contributor.authorAbay, Mehari Hilufen
dc.contributor.authorBerhane, Guushen
dc.contributor.authorChamberlin, Jordanen
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-22T12:13:59Zen
dc.date.available2024-05-22T12:13:59Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/143416
dc.titleSocial protection and resilience: The case of the productive safety net program in Ethiopiaen
dcterms.abstractImproving household resilience is becoming one of the key focus and target of social protection programs in Africa. However, there is surprisingly little direct evidence of the impacts of social protection programs on household resilience measures. We use five rounds of panel data to examine rural households’ resilience outcomes associated with participation in Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Nets Program (PSNP). Following Cissé and Barrett (2018), we employ a probabilistic moment-based approach for measuring resilience and evaluate the role of PSNP transfers and duration of participation on households’ resilience. We document four important findings. First, although PSNP transfers are positively associated with resilience, PSNP transfers below the median are less likely to generate meaningful improvements in resilience. Second, continuous participation in the PSNP participation is associated with higher resilience. Third, combining safety nets with income generating or asset building initiatives may be particularly efficacious at building poor households’ resilience. Fourth, our evaluation of both short-term welfare outcomes and longer-term resilience suggests that these outcomes are likely to be driven by different factors, suggesting that optimizing intervention designs for improving short term welfare impacts may not necessarily improve households’ resilience, and vice versa. Together, our findings imply that effectively boosting household resilience may require significant transfers over multiple years. National safety nets programs that transfer small amounts to beneficiaries over limited time horizons may not be very effective.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAbay, Kibrom A.; Abay, Mehari Hiluf; Berhane, Guush; and Chamberlin, Jordan. 2021. Social protection and resilience: The case of the productive safety net program in Ethiopia. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2086. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134935.en
dcterms.extent46 p.en
dcterms.isPartOfIFPRI Discussion Paperen
dcterms.issued2021-12-31en
dcterms.languageenen
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134862en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/134935en
dcterms.subjecthouseholdsen
dcterms.subjectsocial protectionen
dcterms.subjectwelfareen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.subjectsocial safety netsen
dcterms.subjectresilienceen
dcterms.typeWorking Paperen

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