The ohjective o/this stud)lwas to understand the economic and social effects 0/ out-migration inrnthe case 0/ Soro !Voreda, Hadiya Zone, SNNPf( (South Nation Nationalities and PeoplesrnRegional) state. lhe .1!lIdy./iJclI.led on the economic and social impact of ollt-migration to RSArnand lvllX's FOI1l the Woreda selected kebeles. lhe out flow of migration lVas linked with thernemeJ'gillg socio-economic costs in the study area. 171e study substantiated evidence on therneconomic activities 0/ migrant hOllseholds and ret1lmee migrants and tracked the impacts ofrnremittance illcomes on the local economic enterprising. 'lhe dynamics in remittance money isrnalso linked to the social re.lpect and the costs of travel to the destination. Diverse migrationrntheories Vel'e considere d to mformPrimm)! amI secondCII)! data were collected ./i"om OIganizations, migrant and non-migrantrnhouseholds by Iising mixed research method. The organized evidence lVas analyzed andrninte/preted. the reslllt of the analysis has shown that out-migration has both positive andrnnegative impacts Oil the migrant and those memhers behind. The positive impacts of outmigratiollrnare improvement ill household consllmption, investment, employment generation, assetrnfiH'/I1alioll, Irall.l/i)f'fllationji'om /'IIml to urban IIlay of life . 'Ihe negative impacts olmigration arernIhe prodllctil'e lohm shortage, family sepamtion, work load on females, marriage unfaithfi.dnessrnalld depelldellcy.lYlldrol1le illlhe same commlll1ily including stretched cost o.ftrave!.Ihe study wllcludes wilh the economic alld social effects o.f out-migration in the study area.rnImlH'ovemelll in COIISIIIII!'ti,," level 0/ migrant households, Asset formation, enterprising in thernlocal ecollomy allJ to " r"ao lile is positive. lhe separation ~f households, workload on femalesrnand marriage ,,"/ailhlllioess are negative coosequences. 'Ihe study recommends that there arernpolin: concel'lls ill challllelillg Ihese reso"rces and enterprising at one hand and looking to socialrnproh/ems Oil the other handrnKeywords: IC'lllelprisillg, lv/iddle hlst Co"nlries, Ollt-migration Remittances, Soro Woreda,rnSOlllh A/rica this analysis.