Can social protection programmes promote livelihoods and climate resilience in conflict-affected settings?: Evidence from Ethiopia's Productive Safety Net Programme

Jeremy Lind, Carolina Holland-Szyp, Rachel Sabates-Wheeler, Yihunbelay Teshome and Lars Otto Naess

No wp-2025-44, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: The paper discusses the growing interest in using social protection to address climate-related vulnerabilities and strengthen resilience, particularly in conflict-affected settings. It examines the Productive Safety Net Programme in Ethiopia, highlighting that while social assistance offers a protective function, it falls short of reducing long-term vulnerabilities, especially in settings characterised by multidimensional and enduring stressors and shocks. The assistance provided is often inadequate, leaving recipients to rely on their own resources.

Keywords: Livelihoods; Resilience; Crisis; Social protection; Climate uncertainty; social safety nets; Ethiopia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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