Does Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Program improve child nutrition?

Debela, Bethelhem Legesse; Shively, Gerald; Holden, Stein T.

doi:10.1007/s12571-015-0499-9

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“…It creates opportunities for accumulation as well as cushioning smallholders from losses due to climatic variability (Debela et al . ). Although the role of non‐farm diversification within rural development is very well documented, there is less discussion within the adaptation literature (see Cannon ).…”

Section: Diversification As An Adaptation Strategymentioning

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Climate variability and livelihood diversification in northern Ethiopia: a case study of Lasta and Beyeda districts

Weldegebriel

Prowse

2016

Geographical Journal

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This article examines smallholders' perceptions of climate variability in two districts in northern Ethiopia, and the diversification options pursued within and outside agriculture. Meteorological records corroborate smallholders' belief that temperatures are increasing but do not support assertions that rainfall is decreasing. Farm-level adaptation mainly involves soil and water conservation measures learnt from state-led schemes as well as planting a broader crop mix. Diversification outside agriculture is mainly wage labour: international and national migration, construction work in local towns, participation in public works and piecework on nearby farms. The article concludes by arguing that policymakers could do more to support non-farm diversification strategies by recognising the importance of rural-urban connections in fostering adaptation.

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Climate variability and livelihood diversification in northern Ethiopia: a case study of Lasta and Beyeda districts

Weldegebriel

Prowse

2016

Geographical Journal

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“…The Government of Ethiopia developed the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) in 2004 to target chronically food insecure households aimed at enabling the rural poor facing chronic food insecurity to resist shocks, create assets, and become food self-sufficient [27,28]. PSNP user families are experiencing improved food security, community level infrastructure development, increase asset creation and protection, increase utilization of education and health services with positive short term nutritional benefit for children [29,30].…”

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Prevalence of stunting and associated factors among preschool children: A community based comparative cross sectional study in Ethiopia

Berhanu¹,

Mekonnen

Sisay

2018

BMC Nutr

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Background: The prevalence of under nutrition is very high in developing countries especially in women and under five children. Stunting alone affected an estimated 154.8 million (22.9%) under five children globally in 2016. It is one of the main undernutrition and health problems facing children in Ethiopia. Hence, the aim of the current study was to assess the prevalence and associated factors of stunting among preschool children from food secure and food insecure households in Albuko district, northeast Ethiopia. Methods: This study was addressed by a community based comparative cross sectional study design which was conducted among preschool children in Albuko district from March to April 2017. Simple random sampling was used to select the five representative kebeles. To reach study participants, systematic sampling technique was utilized. Pretested and structured questionnaire was used to collect data. Height measurement was collected for each child. Anthropometric indicator, height-for-age was determined for children using current WHO growth standards. Adjusted odds ratio (AOR) with its 95 % confidence interval (CI) was computed to assess the strength of the association. To identify the associated factors of stunting, multivariable logistic regression models were built. In the multivariable analysis, variables with a P-value of <0.05 were considered statistically significant. Results: The overall combined prevalence of stunting among preschool children in the study area was 39. 3% [95%CI; 36.3, 42.3%]. A higher stunting prevalence was observed among preschool children from food insecure households [42.8%, 95%CI; 38.4,47.2%] than food secure ones [35.9%, 95%CI; 31.7, 40.1%]. Having uneducated mothers, large family size, and male sex were common factors significantly associated with stunting in both food secure and insecure households. While child birth order and the amount of water (<40 litters) for use were significantly associated with stunting among preschool children living in food secure households, and lesser child age, lack of extra food during pregnancy/lactation, and low dietary diversity score (DDS below four food groups) were significantly associated with stunting among preschool children from food insecure households.

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“…Porter and Goyal (2016) use data from the same survey and find a significant positive association between participation in the PSNP programme and z-score of height-for-age for children aged 5-15 years. Using data for a sample of children in Northern Ethiopia, Debela et al (2015) show that children in households receiving PSNP benefits have higher z-score of weight-for-height than their counterparts in non-beneficiary households.…”

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The Impact of Public Works Programme on Child Labour in Ethiopia

Dinku¹

2019

South African J Economics

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Given the conventional wisdom that poverty and associated income shocks are the fundamental causes of child labour, from a policy perspective, there is a perception that social safety net programmes can play a vital role in reducing child labour. While there is extensive evidence that shows the prevalence of child labour is low among beneficiaries of conditional cash transfer programmes, the impact of workfare programs on child labour has been rarely investigated in the economics literature. This paper addresses the issue by evaluating the impact of the public works component of the Productive Safety Net Programme implemented in Ethiopia in 2005. The programme aims to help poor households to build assets and develop resilience to shocks through employment in public projects. Results from child fixed effects estimations show that children in programme beneficiary households are significantly less likely than their counterparts in non‐beneficiary households to be involved in child labour. The findings suggest that, if well targeted, even safety net programmes that do not primarily target child outcomes can be useful in addressing child labour problems.

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Does Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Program improve child nutrition?

Cited by 48 publications

References 23 publications

Climate variability and livelihood diversification in northern Ethiopia: a case study of Lasta and Beyeda districts

Climate variability and livelihood diversification in northern Ethiopia: a case study of Lasta and Beyeda districts

Prevalence of stunting and associated factors among preschool children: A community based comparative cross sectional study in Ethiopia

The Impact of Public Works Programme on Child Labour in Ethiopia

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