The Study on Opportunities and Challenges of Productive Safety Net Program/PSNP/ in Southern Ethiopia: A Case Study of Three Selected Woreda’s in Wolaita Zone

Abstract

The study discussed the opportunities and challenges of Productive Safety Net Programme in three selected districts in Wolaita zone, Ethiopia. The study utilized cross sectional survey research design to attain the objectives. Primary and secondary data were used and analyzed by using SPSS, version 20. Sample size determined by using Cochran formula (Cochran 1963:75) and 374 households selected using multistage sampling techniques. According to the study, the major opportunities of the programme to poor households are saving life of poor households, economic changes at household and community level, the changes in social inclusion, gender equality and community health and nutrition. The key challenges of the PSNP are targeting, cash transfer problems, and low economy base of the poor households, low graduation performance and weak management of appeals. The study proposed the way forward to enhance the opportunities and to minimize the challenges faced at the implementation stage of the programme.

Keywords: Opportunities, Challenges, Productive safety net

DOI: 10.7176/DCS/10-4-02

Publication date: April 30^th 2020