Impact Evaluation of the Food Security Project for Poorer Rural Households in Ethiopia 2010
Ethiopia, 2010
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ETH_2010_FSPIE_v01_M
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ETH_2010_FSPIE_v01_M
Title
Impact Evaluation of the Food Security Project for Poorer Rural Households in Ethiopia 2010
Country/Economy
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Ethiopia | ETH |
Abstract
At the time of Appraisal of the Food Security Project, Ethiopia was a post-conflict state having just emerged from a two-year long armed conflict with Eritrea. Though the conflict resulted in a suspension of development assistance, an Interim Strategy Note (ISN) was put in place in November 2000 to guide the World Bank’s post-conflict recovery program. This ISN guided much of the strategy for the Food Security Project’s design. District governments, or woredas, were largely responsible for delivering services. Though the agricultural sector remained underemployed, it was still the largest sector of the economy, meaning there was little opportunity outside rural areas for non-farming activities. Poor rural households also lacked sufficient access to the microfinance sector. Droughts and food price escalation caused massive food insecurity for around 7-13 million people. The Food Security Project (FSP) wanted to shift assistance focus away from short term temporary fixes toward addressing long-term problems of food insecurity. The FSP was designed to comprise 5 components: (i) grants to communities and kebeles, including community-level assets building, household asset building and income generating activities, and child growth promotion; (ii) capacity building for woredas, regions, and federal ministries; (iii) food marketing initiatives, including improved management of food aid, establishment of a food market information system, development of a warehouse receipt and inventory credit system for traders, and development of a competitive and efficient market in warehousing services; (iv) communications and public education; and (v) project administration and impact evaluation. While these components were edited before the culmination of the project, they generally remained. The project development objective was to build the resource base of poorer rural households, increase their employment and incomes, and improve their nutrition levels, especially for children under five years of age, pregnant and lactating women. A major benefit of FSP participation is access to credit. Documented outcomes included: (i) small increase in the number of months FSP households were food secure and a small decrease in number of months of food consumption covered by own resources; (ii) positive effect on caregivers’ knowledge of and behavior regarding child nutrition; (iii) FSP households slightly less likely to have had at least one shock in the last five years and less likely to have used savings or a loan to buy food; and (iv) FSP households reported an increase of off-farm work.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
Households
Individuals
Individuals
Scope
Notes
The survey covered the following themes:
- Basic Household Characteristics: Household demographics, current household members; Characteristics of the household and the household head; Former household members; Children's education and activities
- Land, Crop and Forestry Production, and Disposition: Land characteristics and tenure; 2002 Meher crop production; 2002 Belg crop production; 2002 Perennial crops/forestry production; Household level supply and disposition of crops (annual and perennial), spices, and forestry prducts; Use of labor in agricultural production
- Household Assets: Household assets (non-land): production equipment, consumer durables; Housing; Livestock ownership; Income from livestock; Distress asset sales
- Income Apart from Own-Agricultural Activities and Credit: Wage employment; Own business activities; Transfers
- Access to WB/CIDA/Italy Food Security Project and Related Programs: Access to productive safety nets program - public works; Participation in other food security programs (OFSP); Perceptions of benefits of assets created by PSNP and other public works; Perceptions and participation of operations of the WB/CIDA/Italy FSP; Access to credit
- Consumption: Non-food expenditure on durables and services; Non-food expenditure on household consumables; Food consumption; Food availability, access and coping strategies
- Health, Illness, Shocks and Poverty Perceptions: Health status; Illness; Child Growth Promotion; Long term shocks and coping mechanisms; Shocks to crops and livestock; Perceptions of poverty and well-being
- Basic Household Characteristics: Household demographics, current household members; Characteristics of the household and the household head; Former household members; Children's education and activities
- Land, Crop and Forestry Production, and Disposition: Land characteristics and tenure; 2002 Meher crop production; 2002 Belg crop production; 2002 Perennial crops/forestry production; Household level supply and disposition of crops (annual and perennial), spices, and forestry prducts; Use of labor in agricultural production
- Household Assets: Household assets (non-land): production equipment, consumer durables; Housing; Livestock ownership; Income from livestock; Distress asset sales
- Income Apart from Own-Agricultural Activities and Credit: Wage employment; Own business activities; Transfers
- Access to WB/CIDA/Italy Food Security Project and Related Programs: Access to productive safety nets program - public works; Participation in other food security programs (OFSP); Perceptions of benefits of assets created by PSNP and other public works; Perceptions and participation of operations of the WB/CIDA/Italy FSP; Access to credit
- Consumption: Non-food expenditure on durables and services; Non-food expenditure on household consumables; Food consumption; Food availability, access and coping strategies
- Health, Illness, Shocks and Poverty Perceptions: Health status; Illness; Child Growth Promotion; Long term shocks and coping mechanisms; Shocks to crops and livestock; Perceptions of poverty and well-being
Keywords
| Keyword |
|---|
| Food Security |
| Nutrition |
| Food Markets & Prices |
| Off-Farm Income |
| Rural Development |
| Child Health |
| Agriculture |
| Sustainable Development |
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
Rural Areas
Universe
The Food Security Project's (FSP) primary target groups were poor rural households, children under age 5, and pregnant and lactating women.
Producers and sponsors
Primary investigators
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Markus Goldstein | The World Bank |
Sampling
Sampling Procedure
The dataset is a product of survey data. The questionnaire was administered by the CSA to 6,000 households in 240 kebeles of which 120 FSP kebeles were selected at random and then the nearest neighboring kebele which was not participating in FSP was also selected.
Within the non-FSP kebeles, 25 households were selected at random to participate in the survey. In FSP kebeles, a list was compiled of all FSP beneficiaries using FSP program records. From this list 17 households were selected at random to participate in the survey. In addition, among the population of non-beneficiaries, 8 households were selected at random for interviews.
This sampling structure provides two potential comparison groups to compare to FSP participants: non-beneficiaries within FSP kebeles and those residing in non-FSP kebeles.
Within the non-FSP kebeles, 25 households were selected at random to participate in the survey. In FSP kebeles, a list was compiled of all FSP beneficiaries using FSP program records. From this list 17 households were selected at random to participate in the survey. In addition, among the population of non-beneficiaries, 8 households were selected at random for interviews.
This sampling structure provides two potential comparison groups to compare to FSP participants: non-beneficiaries within FSP kebeles and those residing in non-FSP kebeles.
Data Collection
Dates of Data Collection
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2010-07-25 | 2010-09-29 | R1 |
Time periods
| Start date | End date | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2010-07-25 | 2010-09-29 | R1 |
Data Collection Mode
Computer Assisted Personal Interview [capi]
Questionnaires
Questionnaires
Module 1 - Basic Household Characteristics
S1A: Household demographics, current household members
S1B: Characteristics of the household and the household head
S1C: Former household members
S2: Children's education and activities
Module 2 - Land, Crop and Forestry Production, and Disposition
S1: Land characteristics and tenure
S2A: 2002 Meher crop production
S2B: 2002 Belg crop production
S2C: 2002 Perennial crops/forestry production
S3: Household level supply and disposition of crops (annual and perennial), spices, and forestry prducts
S4: Use of labor in agricultural production
Module 3 - Household Assets
S1: Household assets (non-land): production equipment, consumer durables
S2: Housing
S3: Livestock ownership
S4: Income from livestock
S5: Distress asset sales
Module 4 - Income Apart from Own-Agricultural Activities and Credit
S1: Wage employment
S2: Own business activities
S3: Transfers
Module 5 - Access to WB/CIDA/Italy Food Security Project and Related Programs
S1: Access to productive safety nets program - public works
S2: Participation in other food security programs (OFSP)
S3: Perceptions of benefits of assets created by PSNP and other public works
S4: Perceptions and participation of operations of the WB/CIDA/Italy FSP
S5: Access to credit
Module 6 - Consumption
S1: Non-food expenditure on durables and services
S2: Non-food expenditure on household consumables
S3: Food consumption
S4: Food availability, access and coping strategies
Module 7 - Health, Illness, Shocks and Poverty Perceptions
S1: Health status
S2: Illness
S3: Child Growth Promotion
S4: Long term shocks and coping mechanisms
S5: Shocks to crops and livestock
S6: Perceptions of poverty and well-being
S1A: Household demographics, current household members
S1B: Characteristics of the household and the household head
S1C: Former household members
S2: Children's education and activities
Module 2 - Land, Crop and Forestry Production, and Disposition
S1: Land characteristics and tenure
S2A: 2002 Meher crop production
S2B: 2002 Belg crop production
S2C: 2002 Perennial crops/forestry production
S3: Household level supply and disposition of crops (annual and perennial), spices, and forestry prducts
S4: Use of labor in agricultural production
Module 3 - Household Assets
S1: Household assets (non-land): production equipment, consumer durables
S2: Housing
S3: Livestock ownership
S4: Income from livestock
S5: Distress asset sales
Module 4 - Income Apart from Own-Agricultural Activities and Credit
S1: Wage employment
S2: Own business activities
S3: Transfers
Module 5 - Access to WB/CIDA/Italy Food Security Project and Related Programs
S1: Access to productive safety nets program - public works
S2: Participation in other food security programs (OFSP)
S3: Perceptions of benefits of assets created by PSNP and other public works
S4: Perceptions and participation of operations of the WB/CIDA/Italy FSP
S5: Access to credit
Module 6 - Consumption
S1: Non-food expenditure on durables and services
S2: Non-food expenditure on household consumables
S3: Food consumption
S4: Food availability, access and coping strategies
Module 7 - Health, Illness, Shocks and Poverty Perceptions
S1: Health status
S2: Illness
S3: Child Growth Promotion
S4: Long term shocks and coping mechanisms
S5: Shocks to crops and livestock
S6: Perceptions of poverty and well-being
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Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Markus Goldstein | World Bank | mgoldstein@worldbank.org |
| Michael O'Sullivan | World Bank | mosullivan@worldbank.org |
| Microdata Library | World Bank |
Access authority
| Name | Affiliation | URL |
|---|---|---|
| Microdata Library | The World Bank | microdata.worldbank.org |
Metadata production
DDI Document ID
DDI_ETH_2010_FSPIE_v01_M_WB
Producers
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development Economics Data Group | DECDG | The World Bank | Documentation of the Study |
Date of Metadata Production
2017-07-27
DDI Document version
Version 01 (July 2017)