Coping with Covid-19 and Coterminous Shocks: Ethiopia Country Case Study Part 2

<p dir="ltr">This is the second of two papers (and accompanying technical Annexes) from the Better Assistance in Crises (BASIC) Research Ethiopia country case study. Using five waves of Ethiopian Socioeconomic Survey data covering the period 2011 to 2022, we model the notional performance of different potential targeting approaches across a range of targeting performance indicators, in order to indicate the types of choices and trade-offs entailed when selecting different targeting criteria for either routine or humanitarian social assistance programmes in the context of Ethiopia at the time of the Covid-19 pandemic. We also consider the status of enabling conditions for implementing different targeting approaches in the form of key infrastructure. We conclude with a discussion of the interrelated considerations social assistance programmes have to contend with when selecting appropriate targeting criteria, drawing on the results of analyses conducted over both case study papers and their technical Annexes.</p>