The expansion of a household food security package provision has had profound and far-reaching socioeconomic impacts on the lives of rural people in Northern Ethiopia, according to this report. The analysis is based on primary household-level data collected from 959 randomly selected households...
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Social protection and social grants
by H. Tesfa in 2012
by Katharine Vincent, Tracy Cull in 2013
Adaptive social protection is a concept that builds on the synergies between social protection, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction to ensure that the livelihoods of the poor are resilient in the context of changing climate and disaster risks. These guidance translate research...
by Rebecca Pointer in 2012
This report covers a period in which PLAAS sought to clarify and consolidate its vision, and elaborate an agenda for research, policymaking, teaching and training that emphasises the centrality of the dynamics of chronic poverty and structural inequality in South Africa. The particular emphasis...
by W Onyango-Ouma, Fiona Samuels in 2012
This report investigates beneficiary and community perspectives on the cash transfers for orphaned and vulnerable children programme in Kenya. There is growing evidence that cash transfers have a range of positive effects, however the evidence varies – it is strong, for example, on reducing...
by Kerry Selvester, Lourdes Fidalgo, Neila Tambo in 2012
This report investigates beneficiary and community perspectives of the basic social subsidy programme in Mozambique. There is growing evidence that cash transfers have a range of positive effects, however the evidence varies – it is strong, for example, on reducing poverty and hunger, and...