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  Using the sustainable livelihoods framework to understand agro-pastoralist livelihoods in NW Yunnan

  International Development Research Centre, 2003

  What factors frame the relationship between agriculture and livestock in NW Yunnan? How can the livelihoods approach help design interventions in support of agro-pastoralists? This paper presents an analysis of the livelihoods of agro-pastoralists at a project site of the Center for Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge (CBIK).
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  Using an asset-based approach to identify drivers of sustainable rural growth and poverty reduction in Central America: a conceptual framework

  World Bank, 2005

  How do assets influence rural growth? What is the connection between assets and livelihood strategies? This World Bank Policy Research Working Paper sets out a framework for analysing the significance of the quantity, quality and productivity of assets in driving rural growth in Central America, Latin America and the Caribbean.
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  Transformations in West African agriculture and the role of family farms

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2003

  What is the future of the family farm in West Africa?
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  The search for synergies between social protection and livelihood promotion: the agriculture case

  Overseas Development Institute, 2004

  How and how far can social protection measures also be livelihood promoting? And how far can livelihood promotion in agriculture contribute to social protection?  This ODI working paper reports on a DFID Natural Resources and Agriculture Team project reviewing the linkages between social protection and agricultural and rural growth.
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  Targeting research and enhanced impact on poverty in marginal areas: the representative case of the dry areas of Syria

  AgEcon Search, 2005

  Who is likely to benefit most from agricultural research for dryland areas? How can research be better targeted to benefit more of the poorest? This document analyses the likely impact on poverty of different agricultural technologies developed by a benchmark project of the International Centre for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) in the Khanasser area of northwest Syria.
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  Sustainable rural livelihoods: a summary of research in Mali and Ethiopia

  Eldis Document Store, 2001

  What factors enable some people to achieve secure livelihoods and others to fail? How do poor households respond to changes in institutions and entitlements, and what is the part played by local, national, and international institutions in building livelihoods? This report summarises research from Mali and Ethiopia, which explored alternative routes to achieving sustainable livelihoods.
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  Sustainable livelihood opportunities and resource management in coastline communes facing special difficulties

  Overseas Development Institute, 2004

  What are the livelihoods and poverty issues facing coastline communes in Vietnam? How can poverty alleviation programmes best respond to them? This publication reports on research carried out for the Government of Vietnam to inform a new national programme supporting infrastructure development in coastal areas exposed to harsh conditions.
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  Sub-Saharan Africa betwixt and between: rural livelihood practices and policies

  African Studies Centre / Afrika Studiecentrum, Leiden University, 1999

  Structural adjustment policies have triggered a huge, unplanned income diversification response in Africa’s rural areas. ‘Betwixt and between’ - the balancing act of African rural dwellers cannot be maintained indefinitely.
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  Rapid guide for missions: analysing local institutions and livelihoods

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2005

  How can project planners better identify and understand the different types of formal and informal local institutions affecting rural livelihoods? How can project design incorporate these insights? This practical guide prepared by the FAO aims to assist field missions in better understanding how institutions affect the poor.
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  Hill Agricultural Research Project (HARP), Nepal: lessons for the policy, institutions and processes dimensions of the Sustainable Livelihoods approach

  Eldis Document Store, 2000

  How does the policy and institutional environment constrain agricultural research? Do competitive research funds improve agricultural extension services?

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