Evaluation of the UNICEF Social Cash Transfer Pilot Programme in SNNPR, Ethiopia. Midline Report Final

This report presents midline findings for the Integrated Nutrition Social Cash Transfer (IN-SCT) pilot
project in SNNPR in Ethiopia. The project falls under the umbrella of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net
Programme, phase 4 (PSNP4) that was launched in 2015 and aims to test an integrated package of
linkages to services and multisectoral nutrition services in a bid to improve nutritional and other
outcomes. This qualitative study is part of the project’s mixed methods impact evaluation, presenting
a process-oriented investigation and focusing on issues of efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability
mid-way through project implementation. The study was undertaken in Girme kebele in Halaba
Special woreda and included interviews with programme staff, group discussions and case studies with
PSNP clients and non-clients.