Opportunities and Challenges of Urban Productive Safety Net Programs in Africa: The Case of Ethiopia and Rwanda
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2020-11
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Addis Ababa University
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The general aim of the study was focused on interpreting the opportunities and challenges of UPSNP. This urban productive safety net program served to eradicate poverty, food insecurity, and vulnerability that was been growing over time and have not been addressed in urban areas.To achieve, the objective ofthe study researcher used both primary and secondary data collection methods. The primary data was collected through a combination of qualitative and quantitative data collection methods involving in-depth interviews withUPSNP households and key informant interviews. The secondary data was collected through a systematic review of relevant documents and related literature. Both the primary and secondary data were thematically organized and analyzed and interpreted through triangulation. Since 2016, the urban productive safety net program is being implemented within the 11 cities of the country (Addis Ababa, Dire Dawa, Harar, Gambela, Semera, Asosa, Mekelle, Dessie, Hawassa, Jigjiga, and Adama). On condition that in urban areas poverty is more elaborated in inner-city especially within the Addis Ababa city as a result about three-quarters of the beneficiaries (around 400,000 people) would be from Addis Ababa city. From these five sub-cities are selected for the study target population.. To further improve the performance of the program, it is important to unravel challenges in respect to the targeting processes, public work planning, and procurement process. Keywords:practice, challenge, and opportunity of urban Productive safety net program, food-insecure households, urban Poverty, targeting, the livelihood of beneficiaries
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practice, challenge, and opportunity of urban Productive safety net program, food-insecure households, urban Poverty, targeting, the livelihood of beneficiaries