Assessment of the Contribution of the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) to Household Asset Building in Selected Kebelesof Konso Special Woreda

Abstract

This study assessed the impact of the Productive Safety Net Program(PSNP)
on  the  asset  ownership  of  the  beneficiary  households.  Data  were  gathered
through household survey, focus group discussion (FGD) and key informants
interview.  Despite  the  encouraging  change  on  the  consumption  pattern  of
households, PSNP has been less successful in rebuilding a strong asset base
that  could  enable  the  graduation  of  many  poor  households  out  of  food
insecurity. The study has found that low rate and delay of payments, overlap
of  PSNP-public  works  program  with  local  farming  season,  absence  of  the
integration of PSNP with other food security program interventions, transfer
of resources that does not meet beneficiary preferences, poverty and droughts
were impediments that constrained the potential of the program.