Policy Coherence and Social Protection in Ethiopia: Ensuring No One Is Left Behind
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Scale of the Challenges
‘Ethiopia does not have a comprehensive and integrated social protection system’ Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs[11] (p. 7)
3.2. A History of Social Protection in Ethiopia
3.3. Current Social Protection Structures
3.4. Formalization of Social Protection Policies
4. Discussion
4.1. Policy Coherence in the Social Protection Context
Universal coverage is not feasible at our economic level. If you give universal coverage for the elderly for instance, you limit the interest of others. Mauritius, for example, made pension coverage universal because its population is small; school feeding is universal in Brazil because their economy is relatively strong. We are a poor economy. A county should go with its potential. Otherwise it challenges equity, for there are many others not covered yet and there are basic service issues (like electricity, water, health provisions) the government has to prioritize. In the short-term the universal theory is unlikely but it would be gradually possible.(personal interview, September 2017)
4.2. Implementation Coherence Providing Pathways for Policy Coherence
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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1 | However, this decline should be considered alongside population growth since 2007 as well as these are percentages of the population See [46], (p. 12). |
2 | The rural PSNP supports an estimated 8 million people and the urban PSNP pilot plans to reach 604,000 people, three quarters of resources in the urban PSNP pilot were directed to Addis Ababa, MoLSA, 2016. |
3 | The HABP has been replaced by the livelihood component of PNSP IV. |
4 | Between 2003 and 2011, 224,021 households were resettled, MoLSA, 2012. |
5 | The CCIP is project specific, with a focus on supporting community infrastructure, in selected areas. |
6 | MoLSA estimates the program reaches 2.9 million children, 2012. |
7 | Examples of projects under this initiative include the provision of shelter, food, school materials to orphans. |
8 | The scale of emergency relief of food and non-food items has ranged from 1–13 million per year, MoLSA, 2012. |
9 | The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs says the “numbers of beneficiaries is minimal compared to the total number” of persons living with disabilities, MoLSA, 2012. |
10 | Initiatives for older persons were not budgeted as of 2012, and services largely not delivered, MoLSA, 2012. |
11 | Under the urban housing initiatives, activities done to stabilize food prices are also included, such as reducing taxes on grains and regulating grain experts. |
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Lemma, M.D.; Cochrane, L. Policy Coherence and Social Protection in Ethiopia: Ensuring No One Is Left Behind. Societies 2019, 9, 19. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc9010019
Lemma MD, Cochrane L. Policy Coherence and Social Protection in Ethiopia: Ensuring No One Is Left Behind. Societies. 2019; 9(1):19. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc9010019
Chicago/Turabian StyleLemma, Melisew Dejene, and Logan Cochrane. 2019. "Policy Coherence and Social Protection in Ethiopia: Ensuring No One Is Left Behind" Societies 9, no. 1: 19. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc9010019