The relevance of institutions and people’s preferences in the PSNP and IN‐SCT programmes in Ethiopia

Abstract

The effective implementation of social protection interventions is key for achieving positive change. The existing literature mainly focuses on issues related to programme design and impact, rather than the factors that influence the emergence, expansion and provision of these programmes. This article builds on the recent literature that indicates that the quality of institutions and people's preferences play an important role in the implementation of social protection. It does so by using Ethiopia and its Productive Safety Net Programmeone of the largest social protection programmes in sub-Saharan Africaas a case study, thereby contributing to debates on how to implement social protection more effectively, particularly in settings of widespread poverty and relatively low levels of institutional capacity. Based on primary qualitative data, the article finds that greater institutional quality at the local level is associated with the more effective provision of social protection. The ability of community members and

The effect of institutional factors and people’s preferences on expenditure for social protection

“…First, our results suggest that it would be useful to continue enhancing the capacity of institutions and public authorities, as they are the backbone of the delivery of social protection programmes (Coll‐Black, Monchuk and Standford, 2018). This should not only be limited to the provision of technical support, for example to administrators who are expected to execute the social protection policies and to initiate reforms, but also to improve on existing legal frameworks, accountability, transparency, effectiveness, efficiency, coordination, equity, inclusiveness, participation and consensus at central and decentralized level (Vinci and Roelen, 2020). Furthermore, those countries that have established social protection programmes should try to maintain and expand these, as our findings show that the maturity of social protection systems may be associated with higher levels of expenditure on social protection programmes.…”

Knowledge of and access to frontline workers among poor, rural households in Amhara region, Ethiopia: a mixed-methods study

“…1 . This conceptual framework is intended to provide a general guide as to how intersectoral linkages to social protection programmes work at various levels and has been adapted from the work of Vinci and Roelen [ 14 ]. Given the complex intersectoral and multi-level operations of the ISNP and other social protection programmes, it is imperative to understand, at all levels, how knowledge of and interactions with frontline agents may be determined by programme objectives, implementation, and effectiveness.…”