Livelihood outcomes
Livelihood outcomes are the goals to which people aspire, the results of pursuing their livelihood strategies. Livelihoods approaches stress the importance of understanding and supporting poor people’s efforts to achieve these goals.
Examples of livelihoods outcomes might include:
- increased income
- reduced vulnerability
- increased well-being
- improved food security
- more sustainable use of natural resources
Livelihoods outcomes are important because they help us understand:
- the results of peoples’ livelihoods strategies in a particular context
- why people pursue particular strategies and what their priorities are
- how people are likely to respond to new opportunities or constraints
Recommended reading
- Sustainable livelihoods guidance sheets: section 2
- ( Eldis Document Store , 1999)
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This document, the second of a seven part series of Guidance Sheets, starts off by introducing the livelihoods framework. The framework is a tool to improve the understanding of livelihoods, p...
- Sustainable livelihoods guidance sheets: sections 4.8 to 4.13
- ( Eldis Document Store , 2000)
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This is the fourth of a seven part series of guidance sheets on sustainable livelihoods (SL). This fourth section, for manageability purposes, is broken down in two: sections 4.1 - 4. 7 and section...
