Does the Urban Productive Safety Net Programme Alleviate Food Insecurity and Improve Education? Evidence from Tigray, Ethiopia
This study examines the effects of the urban productive safety net programme (uPSNP) on urban households’ food insecurity (FIN) and children’s school attendance in Tigray, Ethiopia. Data were collected from 333 urban households between August and September 2020. The FGT index was used to compute hou...
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| description | This study examines the effects of the urban productive safety net programme (uPSNP) on urban households’ food insecurity (FIN) and children’s school attendance in Tigray, Ethiopia. Data were collected from 333 urban households between August and September 2020. The FGT index was used to compute households’ food insecurity intensity level, while the propensity score matching (PSM) technique was employed to examine the effect of the uPSNP on the food insecurity of urban households. The results indicated that approximately 56.7% of uPSNP beneficiaries were food-secure and able to consume an average of 2469.964 kcal per adult equivalent. Most importantly, uPSNP beneficiaries headed by women (50.8%) were more food-secure than non-beneficiaries headed by men (5.9%). Furthermore, the children of beneficiaries of the uPSNP attended school more often than the children of non-beneficiaries. This study highlights the need to scale up the uPSNP to address household food insecurity. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-373b345051544b01b1cd227a43ff330a2025-08-20T03:14:39ZengMDPI AGEconomies2227-70992025-05-0113514410.3390/economies13050144Does the Urban Productive Safety Net Programme Alleviate Food Insecurity and Improve Education? Evidence from Tigray, EthiopiaYibrah Hagos Gebresilassie0Gebremeskel Berhane Tesfay1Tekeleweyni Hadush Abay2Sakhile Mpungose3School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), Durban 4041, South AfricaDepartment of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South AfricaDepartment of Economics, Mekelle University, Mekelle 0231, EthiopiaSchool of Accounting, Economics and Finance, University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), Durban 4041, South AfricaThis study examines the effects of the urban productive safety net programme (uPSNP) on urban households’ food insecurity (FIN) and children’s school attendance in Tigray, Ethiopia. Data were collected from 333 urban households between August and September 2020. The FGT index was used to compute households’ food insecurity intensity level, while the propensity score matching (PSM) technique was employed to examine the effect of the uPSNP on the food insecurity of urban households. The results indicated that approximately 56.7% of uPSNP beneficiaries were food-secure and able to consume an average of 2469.964 kcal per adult equivalent. Most importantly, uPSNP beneficiaries headed by women (50.8%) were more food-secure than non-beneficiaries headed by men (5.9%). Furthermore, the children of beneficiaries of the uPSNP attended school more often than the children of non-beneficiaries. This study highlights the need to scale up the uPSNP to address household food insecurity.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7099/13/5/144beneficiaryfood insecurityhouseholdTigrayurban |
| spellingShingle | Yibrah Hagos Gebresilassie Gebremeskel Berhane Tesfay Tekeleweyni Hadush Abay Sakhile Mpungose Does the Urban Productive Safety Net Programme Alleviate Food Insecurity and Improve Education? Evidence from Tigray, Ethiopia Economies beneficiary food insecurity household Tigray urban |
| title | Does the Urban Productive Safety Net Programme Alleviate Food Insecurity and Improve Education? Evidence from Tigray, Ethiopia |
| title_full | Does the Urban Productive Safety Net Programme Alleviate Food Insecurity and Improve Education? Evidence from Tigray, Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Does the Urban Productive Safety Net Programme Alleviate Food Insecurity and Improve Education? Evidence from Tigray, Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Does the Urban Productive Safety Net Programme Alleviate Food Insecurity and Improve Education? Evidence from Tigray, Ethiopia |
| title_short | Does the Urban Productive Safety Net Programme Alleviate Food Insecurity and Improve Education? Evidence from Tigray, Ethiopia |
| title_sort | does the urban productive safety net programme alleviate food insecurity and improve education evidence from tigray ethiopia |
| topic | beneficiary food insecurity household Tigray urban |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7099/13/5/144 |
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