We only use your email address to send you the newsletter and to see how many people are opening our emails. A full privacy policy can be viewed here. You can change your mind at any time and update your preferences or unsubscribe.

Group of women and girls in Afar. Photo: Nathalie Bertrams/GAGE

Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme and adolescent wellbeing: evidence from the GAGE study

27.10.20 | Ethiopia

Economic empowerment | Psychosocial well-being | Social protection

Authors

Mesele Araya, Joan Hamory Hicks, Sarah Baird, and Nicola Jones

Aiming to support chronically food-insecure households, the Ethiopian Government launched a large-scale social protection programme known as the Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) in 2005. This study draws on mixed methods data collection undertaken by the Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) study research team in Ethiopia during 2017–2018 to understand the relationship between PSNP benefits and young adolescents’ multidimensional well-being.

Our analysis suggests that the PSNP is associated with limited changes in educational and voice outcomes among adolescents, although there is some important heterogeneity by adolescent gender and geographic region across outcomes related to physical health and nutrition, economic empowerment, and the experience of violence. Our findings suggest that there is still need to complement the PSNP with an adolescent-responsive social protection strategy in an effort to improve the well-being of adolescents in Ethiopia, including the most vulnerable.

Suggested citation

Araya, M., Hamory Hicks, J., Baird, S., Jones, N. (accepted in 2018) ‘Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme and adolescent wellbeing: evidence from the GAGE study’ in Lawson, D., Angemi, D. and Kasirye, I. (eds.) What Works for Africa’s Poorest Children? Rugby: Practical Action Publishing. https://practicalactionpublishing.com/book/2366/what-works-for-africas-poorest-children


Related publications

Journal articles
08.10.24
Measuring adolescent girls' agency
Voice and agency
Ethiopia
Read more
08.10.24 | Voice and agency | Journal articles | Ethiopia
Measuring adolescent girls' agency
Read more
Policy briefs
08.10.24
How can adolescent and youth capabilities be supported in crises contexts? Evidence from urban Ethiopia
Across GAGE capabilities
Ethiopia
Read more
08.10.24 | Across GAGE capabilities | Policy briefs | Ethiopia
How can adolescent and youth capabilities be supported in crises contexts? Evidence from urban Ethiopia
Read more
Reports
30.09.24
Ethiopian young people’s sexual and reproductive health and rights: Evidence from GAGE Round 3
Health, Nutrition and Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH)
Ethiopia
Read more
30.09.24 | Health, Nutrition and Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) | Reports | Ethiopia
Ethiopian young people’s sexual and reproductive health and rights: Evidence from GAGE Round 3
Read more