Social protection schemes, such as cash transfers are effective in improving the ability of beneficiaries to meet their basic needs: however, the evidence available shows that they are unlikely to move beneficiaries sustainably out of extreme poverty. While alternative anti-poverty programmes,...

One of the priorities of the international community is alleviating food insecurity, as stated in Goal 2 of the recently approved 2030 Agenda: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture. The region with the highest prevalence of food insecurity...

Eine der vorrangigen Aufgaben der internationalen Gemeinschaft ist die Bekämpfung der Ernährungsunsicherheit, wie im Nachhaltigkeitsziel 2 der vor kurzem verabschiedeten Agenda 2030 festgeschrieben: „Den Hunger beenden, Ernährungssicherheit und eine bessere Ernährung erreichen und eine...

Rural households in Ethiopia are exposed to a variety of covariate and idiosyncratic risks. In 2005, the Ethiopian government introduced the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) and in 2011 launched the Community Based Health Insurance Scheme (CBHI). This paper analyses the interaction between...

This study analyses how strengths and weaknesses of economic, societal, political and environmental structures played out during the Covid-19 crisis in Africa since March 2020. Its main aim is to improve evidence on the direct and indirect effects of the pandemic on African countries and, based...

Rural households in Ethiopia are exposed to a variety of covariate and idiosyncratic risks. In 2005, the Ethiopian government introduced the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) and in 2011 launched the Community Based Health Insurance Scheme (CBHI). This paper analyses the interaction between...