For over 30 years, responses to food insecurity in Ethiopia were dominated by emergency food aid. While this food aid saved lives, it often failed to protect livelihoods and this became a growing concern. In response, during 2005 the Ethiopian Government revised its emergency food aid system and launched the Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) […]
Targeting Food Security Interventions: The Case of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme
New ESSP Publication: ESSP Research Note 26
Evaluation of Ethiopia’s Food Security Program
Download the new ESSP II – EDRI Report Evaluation of Ethiopia's Food Security Program: Documenting Progress in the Implementation of the Productive Safety Nets Programme and the Household Asset Building Programme (5MB) by Guush Berhane, John Hoddinott, Neha Kumar, Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse, Michael Tedla Diressie, Yisehac Yohannes, Rachel Sabates-Wheeler, Mulugeta Handino, Jeremy Lind, Mulugeta Tefera, […]
Food Security Interventions When “Everyone is Poor”: The Case of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme
ESSP II Working Paper 24 "Targeting Food Security Interventions When “Everyone is Poor”: The Case of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme" by Sarah Coll-Black, Daniel O. Gilligan, John Hoddinott, Neha Kumar, Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse, and William Wiseman. Download the pdf (474KB). Find more ESSP Working Papers on the Publication page.
A Sub-National Hunger Index for Ethiopia: Assessing Progress in Region-Level Outcomes
ESSP II Working Paper 5 "A Sub-National Hunger Index for Ethiopia: Assessing Progress in Region-Level Outcomes" by Emily Schmidt and Paul Dorosh. Abstract: Access to sufficient food and nutrients is essential for household welfare, as well as for accomplishing other development objectives. Households with insufficient access to food often face other challenges related to food […]