Targetting in Productive Safety Net Programme: A Case Study in Ibnat woreda, in South Gonder Zone, Amahra Region.
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2007-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
For the purpose of attaining objecti ves of the research and answering research quest ions, this
study employed both quantitative and qualitative data. The data for the study were collected
both from primary and secondary sources. The primary data collection method involved the
generation of both quali tative and quantitative data. The necessary information was coll ected
using di ffe rent instruments such as household survey questionnaires, interview with key
informants and focus group discussions. The secondary data collection method involved the
review of documents and related literatures issued by the Ethiopian Government,
implementing/partner donors and from other Sources.
The reserach found that Productive Safety Net Programme targeting in Ibnat woreda combined
admini strati ve and community targets approaches. In principle combining the two approaches
creates complimentarity and thereby enhances targeting effi ciency. However, in practice the
effic iency of targeting was impeded by a number of factors and problems such as: quota
system, targeting methods practiced, the criteria used to screen participants, and low payment
rates.
The targeti ng criteria to allocate diffe rent amounts of resources to different kebeles in the
woreda was based on past relief recipients and total production in the recent harvest season.
With in the kebeles, the Community Food Security Task Force used oxen ownership as the
vulnerability indicator.
The present research has used combining ind icato rs for determ in ing targeting effi ciency by
comparison of the local selection cri teria and across the targeting guideline criteria to identify
those who are benefici ary and non-beneficiary for Productive Safety Net Programme. To
achieve the PSNP objectives increasing the proportion of poor households those who are not
included in the program should be the greatest priori ty. So the researcher from subject ive
judgment accepts 10 percent error (5 % inclusion and 5 % exclusion erro r).The findings on targeting efficiency shows that the local selection factor 'oxen ownership ' with
26% exclusion errors but when combining two indicators the exclusion errors were 7 %, 4.3%
and 4.3% for ' oxen and land', 'oxen and food aid ' ,and ' land and food aid' respectively.
To achieve the Productive Safety Net Programe objectives increasing the proportion of poor
households those who are not included in the program should be the greatest priority. So use of
combining two indicators is associated with improved targeting by reducing exclusion error
from 26% in 'oxen ownership' to 4.3% in 'oxen ownership and food aid 'and ' land ownership
and food aid ' .
The recommendations of the study to enhance the efficiency of targeting in Productive Safety
Net Programme are community targeting process should be transparent, participatory and well
managed; and selection criteria should be based on combination of at least two criterions in
order to reduce errors of inclusion and exclusion.
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Productive Safety Net Programme