The effect of conditional Cash Transfer Programme on economic livelihood of the internally displaced women in Borno state, Nigeria

Abstract

This Study examines the effect of Conditional Cash Transfer Programme on Economic Livelihood of the Internally Displaced Women in Borno State, Nigeria. The study had sampled 384 target beneficiaries drawn from the 338,887 Internally Displaced Women in Borno State. The sample size for this study was adopted using Krejcie and Morgan (1970) sample size determination table. A Mixed-Methods approach was employed, and Proportionate Stratified random sampling method was applied to select beneficiaries. Furthermore, quantitative and qualitative methods were used to analyse the data. The result shows that the implementation of Conditional Cash Transfer Programme has effectively mitigated economic hardship and enhanced livelihoods among beneficiaries. The study therefore, recommends that Federal Government of Nigeria needs to increase the allocation
of the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian affairs and Poverty Alleviation so that the Ministry will in turn increase funds for the beneficiaries for the improvement of their livelihood.