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Expanding social protection coverage with humanitarian aid: Lessons on targeting and transfer values from Ethiopia

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  • Sabates-Wheeler, Rachel
  • Hirvonen, Kalle
  • Lind, Jeremy
  • Hoddinott, John F.

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While social protection programs have multiplied over the last two decades across sub-Saharan Africa, these co-exist alongside humanitarian assistance in many places, calling for better integration of assistance delivered through the two channels. Progress on this front is hampered by limited evidence of whether and how these historically siloed sectors can work together. Using quantitative and qualitative data from districts covered by Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) and where humanitarian food assistance (HFA) was delivered, we assess differences in targeting and transfer values. We find that PSNP and HFA were targeted to households with different characteristics. PSNP transfers did, on average, reach those households that were chronically food insecure. HFA, while delivered through PSNP systems, was targeted to households that were acutely vulnerable. These are promising findings as they suggest that social protection systems are able to effectively deliver a continuum of support in response to different types of vulnerability and risk. On transfer values, we find that the value of PSNP transfers is greater than those for HFA. One reason for this may be due to social pressure on local officials to distribute support more widely across a drought- affected population when faced with acute needs.

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  • Sabates-Wheeler, Rachel & Hirvonen, Kalle & Lind, Jeremy & Hoddinott, John F., 2021. "Expanding social protection coverage with humanitarian aid: Lessons on targeting and transfer values from Ethiopia," ESSP working papers 158, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    • Handle: RePEc:fpr:esspwp:158
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    1. Kalle Hirvonen & Patricia Justino & Rodrigo Oliveira, 2024. "The role of social assistance in African crises: a systematic literature review," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2024-79, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    2. Corinna Kreidler & Sophie Battas & Karin Seyfert & Saidi,Mira, 2022. "Linking Humanitarian Cash Assistance and National Social Protection Systems : Flagship Report," Social Protection Discussion Papers and Notes 180033, The World Bank.
    3. Silvio Daidone & Francisco Pereira Fontes, 2023. "The role of social protection in mitigating the effects of rainfall shocks. Evidence from Ethiopia," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 60(3), pages 315-332, December.
    4. Hirvonen, Kalle & Machado, Elia Axinia & Simons, Andrew M., 2024. "Do social protection programs reduce conflict risk? Evidence from a large-scale safety net program in rural Ethiopia," 2024 Annual Meeting, July 28-30, New Orleans, LA 343590, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.

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