Session Name: Public Works Plus: Evolving Agenda for employment, services, & asset creation

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1 Session Name: Public Works Plus: Evolving Agenda for employment, services, & asset creation Case Study: Ethiopia, Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) Presenter: Berhanu Weld-Michael, Director, MoA

2 Country Context and Background Food security is a key challenge caused by - recurring droughts, floods, land degradation Population growth and low agricultural productivity - About 15 million people are vulnerable to food insecurity (8 m chronic & 7 m transitory) Government launched a large scale consultation process in 2003 (The New Coalition for Food Security). The PSNP was a result of this process and is currently being implemented in 319 chronically food insecure Districts 2

3 National Food Security Program Core objectives of FSP Enabling 8.29 million chronically food insecure people to attain food security Significant improvement of the food security situation of 6.71 million additional food insecure people Four Pillars/Components of FSP Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) Household Asset Building Complementary Community Investment (CCI) Resettlement Presentation focuses mainly on PSNP 3

4 Brief Overview of the Program Main Attributes of Productive Safety Net Program 4 Objective Status (Active, Closed) Year Started Coverage (most recent FY) Budget (most recent FY) Financing Sources Implementation Agency, and key partners To provide transfers to the food insecure households in chronically food insecure woredas /Districts in a way that prevents asset depletion at the household level and creates asset at the community level Active Started in 2005 and has 3 phases Phase I: Transition from emergency system Phase II: Consolidation phase Phase III: Integration phase: Graduation 7.6 million people 2.25 billion USD for the current phase GOE and 10 Development Partners Ministry of Agriculture, MoFED,

5 Summary of Public Works Plus Approach 5

6 Public Works Labor intensive activities designed to provide employment to food insecure households Develop sustainable community assets Improve natural resource base and social infrastructure Ultimately, aimed at developing watersheds increasing productivity and improving livelihoods tion with woreda/district development plan 6

7 Results and Findings Equitable Economic Growth Lifts PSNP/HABP clients over poverty line Reduces poverty gap Makes people more productive and resilient 9% pro-poor spending, 1.1% GDP 7

8 Results and Findings (cont d) Maintaining agriculture as a major source of economic growth Reduced crop loss from flooding Increased water for irrigation Greater use of seeds and fertilizer Higher asset holdings 8

9 Results and Findings (Cont d) Mitigating climate change and increasing carbon sequestration Reducing run-off Increasing water retention Carbon sequestration 9

10 Results and Findings (cont d) Enhancing expansion and quality of infrastructure development 31,000 km new road; 70,000 km maintained 15,082 springs and wells constructed 3,470 schools improved 400 health posts 10

11 Results and Findings (cont d) Increasing uptake of basic services More children enrolled and going to school Greater use of health facilities Transfers used to cover health & education costs 11

12 Key Impacts on Households Improved household food security The Impact Evaluation conducted in sampled districts found that PSNP participation measurably improved household food gap - 74 % of PSNP households receiving food transfers consumed all of the food received - 84 % of households receiving cash transfers spent some or all of this cash on buying staple foods. - Households receiving PSNP transfers are poor and are using most of the transfer to meet immediate consumption needs.

13 Household Asset Protected.. PSNP recipients reported distress sales of livestock decreased among households. - Distress sales of livestock were significantly lower among PSNP households receiving predictable support as compared with non- PSNP households.

14 .. Transforming Livelihoods: Asset Accumulation and Access to Services - PSNP has had a measurable positive impact on household assets and investments. - Participation in PSNP public works increased growth in livestock holdings by 0.28 Tropical Livestock Units (TLU) over comparator households equivalent to nearly three sheep.

15 .. Utilization of health & education services PSNP beneficiaries have increased their use of social services - Health services - School services Perceptions of PSNP households - Households participating in the PSNP perceived themselves to be better off in 2012 than in 2006 Progress towards graduation: - More than 2 million program beneficiaries became food self sufficient who were food insecure in 2006

16 Key impacts on communities - The program creates an environment more conducive to economic growth and poverty reduction through greater access to social, physical and marketinfrastructure and enhancing the natural resource.

17 17 Lessons and future priorities PSNP demonstrated value of shift away from humanitarian response system to more development oriented approach Capacity to implement programme overall is improving but there are still challenges The delivery of predictable transfers is a key determinant of program impact A PW program can make major contributions to local level service delivery and improve quality of local level investment planning Long term sustainability of PWs requires specific attention to local level management and maintenance systems Graduation at scale is difficult to achieve. Need for strong link between PSNP and household asset building activities to ensure graduation

18 Advice to Other Countries Should originate from the country s priority and strategy Government system can be used to implement a national safety net program at scale It is possible to create a single government led safety net program with multiple funding system and multiple implementing organizations It is possible to implement a large scale safety net program in low income setting 18

19 19 THANK YOU