What is the Likelihood of the Social Safety Net Programme to Reduce Poverty in Ndop and Soulede -Roua in Cameroon?

Vukenkeng Andrew Wujung ,Vachuiden Jacob Mbueh

doi:10.7176/dcs/10-8-07

Abstract

This paper sought to make a comparative analysis of the effects of the Social Safety Net Programme on poverty outcomes in Ndop and Soulede-Roua in Cameroon. Data was collected with the aid of questionnaires which were administered to 150 respondents in Ndop and 150 respondents in SouledeRoua. The study employed descriptive statistics and inferential statistics in analysing the data. Results from the analysis showed that participation in the Social Safety Net Programme in both localities has a negative but insignificant effect on the likelihood of reducing poverty though the effect was more important in Soulede-Roua than in Ndop. Furthermore, the unemployed, household size, widowed and no educational level were found to have a positive significant influence on the likelihood to reduce poverty. From a policy perspective, an important conclusion is that there is need for the government to improve on the efficiency of the programme by overcoming all the challenges inherent in the pilot experiment. Practically, government should use a participatory approach in the management of the project. Key Words : Social Safety Net Programme, Poverty outcomes,Probit, Cameroon DOI: 10.7176/DCS/10-8-07 Publication date: August 31 st 2020

Highlights

The world recently has witnessed an improvement in Social Safety Net protection Programme (SSNP)as the new focus is on the efforts to reduce poverty around the world especially in rural areas (World Bank, 2003)
Conclusion and policy implications This paper set out to examine the effects of the Social Safety Net Programme on poverty outcomes in Ndop and Soulde-Roua, two localities of Cameroon
The overall poverty incidence was estimated at 72.67% and poverty incidence in Ndop was higher than that of Soulede-Roua as the poverty incidence in the two localities were respectively 96.67% and 48.67%

Summary

Introduction

The world recently has witnessed an improvement in Social Safety Net protection Programme (SSNP)as the new focus is on the efforts to reduce poverty around the world especially in rural areas (World Bank, 2003). Access to adequate social protection is recognized by international labour standards as well as the United Nations as a basic right for all. The global focus has been on food security and poverty alleviation. This is being made in response to the increasing food insecurity and poverty in the world. The incidence of food insecurity and poverty is devastating in the developing countries and in terms of food insecurity, 852 million people worldwide are still chronically underfed. In Africa, an estimated 200million (27.4 percent) people are famished (Babatundeet al., 2007)

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