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    Urban Productive Safety Net Program Beneficiaries Livelihood and Food Security Status Assessment in Addis Ketema Sub-City Woreda 8
    (Addis Ababa University, 2022-06) Harun Asefa; Worku Mekonnen (PhD)
    The purpose of this paper is about the urban productive safety net program beneficiaries’ livelihood and food security status participation determinants and its contributions in Addis Ketema Sub-City Woreda -8. The researcher focused on the study area because of its dense population and is a concern for the city by the high rate of loss of capital and increased number of citizens living in poverty and due to geographical location. This research aims to fill in the gaps in knowledge about assessing UPSNP in reducing poverty rates in urban areas with the involvement of Addis Ketma Woreda-8. So, to fill these gaps, the research title is chosen. The study was significant because it was used by academics, researchers, policymakers, policy developers, planners, and program evaluators. The research was conducted using a mixed-methods approach, with both quantitative and qualitative methods. The beneficiaries assessed the overall engagement of the PSNP through their life and living conditions 1460 assessment by taking a sample of 314 respondents from Addis Ketema sub-city Wereda-8 from each cluster. The research conducted was through an administered questionnaire for the illiterate beneficiaries who had difficulty reading and responding to the questions at hand. For assessment, the study used SPSS data processing software. The research conducted was on the beneficiaries of PSNP former beneficiaries of public work due to the ending of the project's first phase. Generally, on the side of the findings on attitudes of the community towards the project program results was the total score of all items about the project indicates that the food security was not affected by the project completed within the assigned looking at the total score of all things. The coefficient of multiple determinations (R2) was estimated at 0.733, and the adjusted R2 value also was 0.730. This means that 73.3% of the variation in the dependent variables is explained by the explanatory variables included in the model. Furthermore, the adjusted R2 of 73.0%, which is significant, has consolidated the model's goodness; hence, it is the econometric significant and reliable. This showed that the model is fitted, and its goodness indicates the determinations of dependent variable explanations. Keywords: UPSP, Addis ketma, Sub-city, Woreda