The Role of Faith Based Organizations in Improving Social Protection Services of Addis Ababa: The Case of EIASC-EMDA and EOC-CFAO

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2018-05

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Addis Ababa University

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This study was aimed at assessing the role of Faith Based Organizations in improving social protection service of Addis Ababa. There are two groups of informants in the two FBOs i.e. participants and key informants. The total population of the study is 450. From this, the researcher took 212 beneficiaries and 4 key informants from the two organizations. Both open-ended and close-ended questionnaires were prepared and administered accordingly. Moreover, qualitative and quantitative methods of data analysis were employed using tables with percentage and descriptive narration techniques. The analysis of the data indicated that various social protection service practices and problems hinder the capacity of the implementation of activities concerning to dimensions of social exclusion. In addition to this, the social development activity program is ineffective to improve the participation of the needy persons to make a decision in any means about their interest. Therefore, the two FBOs need to implement the social protection services in terms of protective mechanism effectively to alleviate all sorts of challenges of social exclusion and give continuous in service short term training on social protection services should be provided for both beneficiaries and administrators as social protection services play an important role in reducing social exclusion.

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A Thesis Submitted to Department of Public Administration and Development Management in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Art in Public Management and Policy Program

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Beneficiaries, Income, Social inclusion

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