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    Conditional cash transfer and rural household livelihood in Tunduru district council
    (Mzumbe University, 2017) Rwegasira, Avelinius
    Study examined the influence of conditional cash transfer on rural household livelihood. Specifically, the study intended to explore socio-economic factors influence poor household beneficiaries in conditional cash transfer, to determine influence of conditional cash transfer on income among poor household beneficiaries and to examine challenges of implementing conditional cash transfer to poor household beneficiaries. Cross sectional research design and semi-structured questionnaire were used for data collection. The simple random sampling and purposive non-probability sampling were employed. About 120 respondents were chosen as a representative sample. Data analyzed by using multiple linear regression and descriptive analysis. Findings on socio economic factors indicate that female respondents by 56.6% were more active than male respondents by 43.3% in conditional cash transfer project. Findings implied that females were taken as special group and were the one take control of social requirements in the household. 47.5% respondents were having informal education and majority of interviewed respondents by 46.6% relied on farming activities as main economic activity. Findings on challenges for implementing conditional cash transfer to poor households indicated that majority respondents by 29% had strongly disagreed that beneficiaries are vulnerable and poor households, including none poor household beneficiaries to CCT such as government workers, deceased households, retired officers and ghost households .However, majority of respondents by 33% had agreed that committee of CCT project associated with corruption. Findings on influence of conditional cash transfer on income among poor households were positive and statistically significant influence the income. This implies that an increase of 1% on conditional cash transfer would be expected change income per year by 49.67%. Moreover, finding on information availability of conditional cash transfer significant influence on income by 4.93%. Study recommends that government and other stakeholders should continue to invest in TASAF III by provision of more funds and instructional environment is promoted