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Social protection in an aspiring ‘developmental state’: The political drivers of Ethiopia’s PSNP

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Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) is among the largest social protection programmes in Africa and has been promoted as a model for the continent. This paper analyses the political drivers of the programme, arguing that elite commitment can be understood in the context of shifts within Ethiopia’s political settlement and the government’s evolving development strategy. Foreign donors provided policy ideas and pushed for reform, but it was not until incentives flowing from the political settlement were favourable that elite commitment was secured. Even then, longstanding ideological commitments shaped the productive focus of the programme, ensuring consistency with the development strategy.

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  • Tom Lavers, 2016. "Social protection in an aspiring ‘developmental state’: The political drivers of Ethiopia’s PSNP," Global Development Institute Working Paper Series esid-073-16, GDI, The University of Manchester.
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