Third Additional Financing for Strengthen Ethiopia’s Adaptive Safety Net Project

The development objectives of Third Additional Financing for Strengthen Ethiopia’s Adaptive Safety Net Project are (a) to expand geographic coverage and enhance service delivery of Ethiopia’s adaptive rural safety net to improve the well-being of extremely poor and vulnerable households in drought prone communities, and (b) in case of an Eligible Early Response Financing Event (“Eligible ERF Event”), respond promptly and effectively to it. This project has three components. 1) The first component, Adaptive Productive Safety Net, has the following sub-components: (i) Public works; (ii) Mother and Child Package; (iii) Safety Net Transfers to Extremely Poor People; and (iv) 4 Complimentary Livelihood Services. 2) The second component, Improved Shock Responsiveness of the Rural Safety Net will not include any additional funding to this component of the parent project. 3) The third component, Systems, Capacity Development, and Program Management Support, has the following sub-components: (i) Systems Development; and (ii) Capacity Building, Management and Administration. The project will fund public work projects to minimize the adverse effects of extreme climate events and strengtehn the maintenance of natural resources, including through afforestation.