Assessment on the Impact of Youth Empowerment Effort in Changing the Lives of Micro and Small Enterprise Organized Solid Waste Coll ector Youths in Addis Ababa City: the Case of Arada Sub City.
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2015-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
This research aims at assessing the impact a/youth empowerment in the lives a/micro
and small enterprise (MSE) organized solid waste col/ector youths in Addis Ababa city. It
assessed how being organized in micro and small enterprise change the lives a/the youths;
social and economic changes like income, level a/education, housing condition and
participation in local decision makings; the challenges a/the youths because a/their
involvement in MSE as solid waste collection and the major achievement a/youth empowerment
effort by government.
The first chapter gives background of the research, the problem statement, the
research ques tions and objectives, and operational definitions. In the past, various development
efforts have been tried to avert the miserable living conditions a/the poor; but many a/them
remained unsuccessful. As part a/the developing countries, different allempts had been made to
improve the life a/the poor in Ethiopia. Youth empowerment strategy was one of those efforts;
central to the work 0/ improving human lives and help people gain power and mastery over their
lives.
The second chapter is dedicated to the review of relevan t literatures for the research.
The Ethiopian government has formulated the youth development package to translate in to
action the national youth policy with the view to alleviate the economic, social and political
problems a/the youths. The overall objective a/this strategy was to enable the micro and small
scale enterprises play significant role in the national development activities, particularly, in the
creation a/employment opportunities and poverty reduction.
The third section (Research Methods) encampasses general information of study area
and its papulation, the research design, sample size determination, the sampling technique and
data callection, the research variables, data analysis and ethical considerations. In this study, a
retrospective quantitative survey study design was used to describe and explain the efficiency 0/
empowerment a/youths through MSE, whether it brings a meaningful change in lives a/solid
waste collector youths. For this purpose questioner was prepared and distributed/ar J 22
respondents and key informant interview with experts at sub city and woreda level was
conducted.
Chapter Four is consecrated to the presentation a/the results and discussion, and the
jinal Chapter Five gives coneiusion a/the researchjindings and implications. Empowerment is
bringing a comprehensive change and development among people and does not mean an
increase in capital. The findings a/the study revealed that event though members monthly
income level, amount a/saving, decision making in/amily and community, and consumption
pal/ern have been increased but respondents literacy level is yet improved, they were not
received different trainings that will help their advancement, they were susceptible to different
health related injuries and problems and their standard 0/ living is not significantly changed as
a result most a/the youths were lived in temporary accommodations.
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assessing the impact a/youth, (MSE) organized solid waste col/ector youths