ET Productive Safety Nets (APL III) operates in Ethiopia.
The objective of the Third Adaptable Program Loan Productive Safety Net Project (PSNP) for Ethiopia is to improved effectiveness and efficiency of the PSNP and related Household Asset Building Program (HABP) for chronically food insecure households in rural Ethiopia. There are four components to the project. The first component of the project is safety net grants will provide cash and in-kind transfers to chronically food insecure households through: (i) labor intensive public works that provide transfers to able-bodied households; and (ii) direct support that provides transfers to labor-poor households. This component will also provide performance incentives to woredas to improve the timeliness and predictability of transfers to households. The second component of the project is drought risk financing, aims to provide timely resources for transitory food insecurity in response to shocks within the existing program areas. This component will be financed using a contingent grant, which will provide resources for scaling up activities under component one in response to localized or intermediate weather or price-related shocks in PSNP woredas. The third component of the project is institutional support for the PSNP will support institutional strengthening activities focusing on: (i) program management at all levels; (ii) capacity building to fill any remaining gaps in general and those specific to the risk financing facility; (iii) monitoring and evaluation; and (iv) transparency and accountability. The fourth and the final component of the project is support to the HABP will finance a core set of interventions aimed at: (i) strengthening the delivery of demand-driven and market-oriented advice for household investments; (ii) improving the efficiency and effectiveness of financial service delivery to food insecure households; and (iii) supporting program management.
