Are social protection programmes child-sensitive?

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Figure 1: Months when children are most absent from school

Source: Adapted from Woldehanna (2010).

Table 1: Sample of public works programmes supported under the PSNP, Ethiopia 2007

Activity	Result
Soil embankment construction (kilometres)	482 542
Stone embankment construction (kilometres)	443 148
Pond construction and maintenance (number)	88 936
Spring development (number)	598
Hang-dug well construction (number)	491
Land rehabilitation through area enclosure (hectares)	530
Small-scale irrigation canals (kilometres)	2 679
Tree nursery site establishment (number)	285
Seedlings produced (number)	301 778 607
Seedling planted (number)	12 883 657
Rural road construction (kilometres)	8 323
Rural road maintenance (kilometres)	20 458
School classroom construction (number)	340
Animal health post construction (number)	71
Farmer training centre construction (number)	119
Source: Food Security Coordination Bureau in Del Ninno et al. (2009:12).

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