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  Sustainable rural livelihoods: a framework for analysis

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2005

  This paper outlines a framework for analysing sustainable rural livelihoods. The framework shows how, in different contexts, sustainable livelihoods are achieved through access to a range of livelihood resources, which are combined in the pursuit of different livelihood strategies.
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  Vulnerable livelihoods in Somali Region, Ethiopia

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006

  This report examines the causes and consequences of livelihood vulnerability in Somali Region, Ethiopia.Examining household’s coping mechanisms the author finds that rationing of food consumption is an immediate response to shortage, as it is costless and easily reversible.
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  Family fortunes: analysis of changing livelihoods in Maasailand

  Department for International Development, UK, 2005

  Working in collaboration with the Belgian funded project ‘Better policy and Management Option for Pastoral Lands: Assessing Trade off between poverty alleviation and wildlife conservation (Reto-o-Reto)’, this project aims to identify the direction and drivers of change in Maasai livelihoods and analyse at household level those factors and institutions that the Maasai consider help or hinder their
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  Within, and beyond, territories: a comparison of village land use management and livelihood diversification in Burkina Faso and southwest Niger

  Simon Batterbury, Personal Website, 2005

  This chapter contrasts two cases in which the ‘presence’ and ‘loss’ of international development project assistance in the rural Sahel has had impact on the development of livelihood strategies: the process of village land use management in Burkina Faso supported by an international development donor the process of livelihood diversification in Nig
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  Agricultural rehabilitation: mapping the linkages between humanitarian relief, social protection and development

  Overseas Development Institute, 2006

  This paper addresses the question of how to support the livelihoods of rural people who have been affected by conflict.
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  Jamaa Wazima Project: a household livelihood security project in Siaya and Busia districts: end term impact assessment report

  CARE International, 2004

  Due to the prevalence of widespread poverty in Western Kenya, the Jamaa Wazima Project (2000-2004) focused on poverty reduction with a view to improving household livelihood security for approximately 54,400 people in 100 villages.
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  Poverty and changing livelihoods of migrant Maasai pastoralists in Morogoro and Kilosa Districts, Tanzania

  Research on Poverty Alleviation, Tanzania, 2003

  This REPOA paper examines recent changes to the livelihoods of Tanzanian Maasai pastoralists driven by socio-economic developments and environmental change in the Morogoro and Kilosa districts where they live.Using a Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA) the study applies the Impoverishment-Degradation Spirals theoretical framework to test four hypotheses.The sedentarisation of the
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  An Phu integrated community development project: final evaluation phase 1: 2000 - 2004

  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2005

  This report presents the main findings of the final evaluation of the first phase of the An Phu integrated community development project.
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  Working with local institutions to support sustainable livelihoods

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2003

  This paper looks at the and policy implications of research conducted on local institution - rural household linkages.
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  Building on gender, agrobiodiversity and local knowledge: a training manual

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2006

  This training manual focuses specifically on the linkages between local knowledge systems, gender roles and relationships, the conservation and management of agrobiodiversity, plant and animal genetic resources, and food security. Its aim is to promote a holistic understanding of these components.

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