Social Protection and Agriculture Findings from Ethiopia s Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP)

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1 Social Protection and Agriculture Findings from Ethiopia s Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Managing African Agriculture: Markets, Linkages and Rural Economic Development Maastricht School of Management (MSM), Maastricht, The Netherlands 4 September 2015

2 Outline Premise and aim The PSNP Description, Impact food security, productivity; Key lessons Design ownership, integration, size, Broad learning;

3 Premise Premise and aim Lessons can be distilled from country-level experiences; These lessons may inform other initiatives at the country and/or regional levels; Aim highlight key lessons from the PSNP for future social protection or other interventions; particularly those involving cooperation between donors, governments, and other stakeholders; emphasise the complementarity between interventions for longterm growth and those for vulnerability (shocks) emergency as failure of development Some of these lessons have influenced: o the design of the next PSNP; o the draft National Social Protection Policy;

4 Motivation the drought of ; The PSNP New Coalition for Food Security in Ethiopia (2003) Features Predictability - multi-year planning and financing; Coordination and commitment donors (9), government; Combine transfers with asset building PW plus direct support ; Integrated with the broader development agenda; Targeting Geographic, Community Large: o Beneficiaries - Up to 8 million persons, nearly 300 woredas (40%); o Cost - US$1.5 billion ( ); US$2.1 billion ( )

5 Impact The PSNP Food gap declined by (due to participation in the PSNP-PW): o 1.3 months between 2006 and 2010; o further 1.4 months between 2010 and 2012; Lower distress sales of livestock; Increased use of fertilizers; Higher medical expenditures; and Investments in soil conservation such as stone bunding; Faster yield growth due to community assets created via PSNP; Local economy (general equilibrium) effects growth;

6 Key Lessons Features and impact a source of lessons that can improve effectiveness of policies/programs Design: Ownership Government program; Integration part of the national development effort/plan; Coordination among donors, donors and government, within government; Complementarity addressing emergency, enhancing resilience, and promoting development (E.g. Drought Risk Financing (DRF));

7 Key Lessons Design (cont d) Process matters o Dialogue genuine; o What and how implementation strategy; Monitoring and evaluation o a part of the initial design and mutual understanding; o independent but collaborative government, donors, the national statistical agency, external evaluators; o interim rigorous evaluations four so far (fifth in progress); Channel 1 create opportunities to learn and adjust (Payroll and Attendance Sheet System (PASS), Client cards); Channel 2 help bridge results-based budgeting and longer term programming designed to achieve impact;

8 Key Lessons Broad Learning I - link between policy o o o Goals contradictory, complementary; Instruments - deficient, can be enhanced but at a cost causal framework necessary; Learning II design and manage large development programmes; o Example - Targeting;

9 References Journal Articles Berhane et. al (2014). Economic Development and Cultural Change, volume 63:1, 2014, pages Hoddinott, et. al (2012). Journal of African Economies, Volume 21, Issue 5, pp Gilligan, Hoddinott, and Taffesse (2009). Journal of Development Studies, Volume 45, Issue 10, 2009, pp Book chapters Hoddinott et. al (2013) in Rahmato, Dessalegn, Alula Pankrust, and Jan-Gerrit van Uffelen, Food Security, Safety Nets and Social Protection in Ethiopia, Forum for Social Studies. Coll-Black et. al (2012) in Dorosh, Paul, and Shahidur Rashid (eds.), Food and Agriculture in Ethiopia: Progress and Policy Challenges, University of Pennsylvania Press (in collaboration with IFPRI). Hoddinott, Gilligan, and Taffesse (2010) in Sudhanshu Handa, Stephen Devereux, and Doug Webb, eds. Social Protection for Africa s Children, (Routledge). Reports 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 (in progress).