Combining social protection interventions for better food security: Evidence from female-headed households in Amhara region, Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT: Ethiopia introduced its flagship poverty-targeted social protection program, the Productive safety net program (PSNP), in 2005 and Community-Based Health Insurance (CBHI) in 2011. Although both programs operate in several districts with some overlaps, evidence is scarce on how these large-scale programs jointly affect the food security of vulnerable groups. This study examines the impacts of a combination of these programs on food security outcomes among female-headed households in a chronically food-insecure and drought-prone district. Cross-sectional data were collected from 365 female-headed households selected through multi-stage sampling technique and analyzed using Inverse-probability-weighted regression adjustment (IPWRA) strategy to assess the effect of the programs on food securit

SUBMITTER: Mussa EC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10896536 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature