P U L T E I N S T I T U T E for G L O B A L D E V E L O P M E N T
SUSTAINABILITY Evaluating Sustainable Economic Well-Being Activities in Ethiopia In August 2019, Catholic Relief Services-Ethiopia (CRS-Ethiopia)
Government of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme.
commissioned the Pulte Institute to conduct a Midterm
Pulte Institute researchers traveled to Oromia in August to
Evaluation of its Feed the Future Ethiopia “Livelihoods for
meet with activity participants, implementing staff, and other
Resilience” activity in Oromia. This five-year program (2017-
pertinent stakeholders, conducting more than 55 focus groups
2022) is designed to promote sustainable economic well-being
and interviews over eight days. From this study, the team
through on-farm (crop and livestock), off-farm, and employment
submitted an evaluation report to CRS-Ethiopia with eight
livelihood pathways for the 24,500 households enrolled in the
priority recommendations to improve the impact of the activity.
FE E D T HE F U T U RE ET HIOPI A “ L I V E L I H OODS F OR RES ILIENCE” ACT IVIT Y IN OROM IA
Designed to promote employment livelihood pathways for
24,500 households
55 focus groups
and interviews conducted over eight days
8 priority recommendations
12
to improve the impact of the “Livelihoods for Resilience” activity in Oromia
