Assessment Of The Impact Of Productive Safety Net Program On Household Welfare The Case Of Adami Tulu Jido Kombolcha Wereda East Shoa Oromia Regional State

This study reports both theoretical and empirical findings on the impact ofrnproductive safety net in Adami Tulu Jido Kombolcha wereda, East ShoarnZone of Oromia regional state. The main objective of this study is to assessrnthe impacts of Productive safety net transfers on household welfare. Thernanalysis was made using the household data collected from three kebelesrn(Chetu Cetu, Werja Weshgula and Hurufa Lole).rnThe study looked at the household characteristics and the descriptivernresult shows that there are interesting differences in the composition ofrnPSNP beneficiary and non-beneficiary households, which suggest thatrncertain demographic criteria might have been used in targeting householdsrnfor the PSNP. Thus, female-headed and older-headed households arerngenerally more vulnerable and more likely to need support than male-headedrnhouseholds.rnThe probit regression analysis result shows that among other variablesrnincluded in the study household labour, beneficiary dummy, educationrndummy, ox holding, number of oxen and age have been significant inrndetermining household welfare. As it was hypostasized beneficiary, oxrnholding and household labour are positively related to the probability ofrnincrease in welfare. Age, education dummy and number of oxen negativelyrnand strongly related to changes in welfare over the last year. Therefore,rnthe probability of improving welfare of the respondents is significantlyrnaffected by households being beneficiary of safety net program

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