Ethiopia

The first is the Emergency Appeal which provides a cushion to the ‘acute’ food insecure and varies depending on the nature and spread of the emergency. [...] The PSNP has come to the end of its second year of implementation, marking a time for reflection about the effectiveness of the program. [...] The involvement of the CANGO network is viewed as a great asset in undertaking this study, particularly in the provision of technical and other inputs, an existing framework for the coordination of the resources of a complex research study and for ensuring legitimacy in relations with other stakeholders. [...] This strong backstopping and advisory role can only improve its relevance to the Ethiopian development context and its legitimacy in the eyes of both the GoE and the wider PSNP community. [...] SLA will allow this study to look beyond the goal of food security at the root causes of vulnerability and the role of social capital in defining resilience.