Improving coordination and synergy between social protection and agriculture in Ethiopia

This policy brief, highlights how linking social protection and rural development programs can help vulnerable households escape poverty and increase their resilience to external shocks, like COVID-19. The study focuses on Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) and the Improved Nutrition through Integrated Basic Social Services with Social Cash Transfer (IN-SCT) pilot.

Leveraging social protection to support economic inclusion in Lesotho

This policy brief, “Leveraging social protection to support economic inclusion in Lesotho,” highlights how combining social protection programs with rural livelihood interventions can create synergies to address the constraints faced by poor rural households in Lesotho.