Can social protection work in Africa? The impact of Ethiopia's productive safety net programme

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1-26

  Berhane, Guush ^a   Gilligan, Daniel O ^a   Hoddinott, John ^a   Kumar, Neha ^a   Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; FOOD SECURITY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE PROVISION; LIVESTOCK; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SOCIAL WORK;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84907393465     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/677753     Document Type: Article

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