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McNamara, 2013, pp.17-18). /Type /Page >> /MediaBox [0 0 595 842] ensure livelihood outcomes are achieved and not thwarted by overlooked factors. /Parent 11 0 R 42 0 obj Environmental Sustainability A livelihood is environmentally sustainable when it maintains or enhances the local and global assets on which the livelihood depends. /Rotate 0 >> /MediaBox [0 0 595 842] /Parent 6 0 R 0000024993 00000 n 2. 0000025040 00000 n >> /MediaBox [0 0 595 842] /MediaBox [0 0 595 842] endobj Acrobat Distiller 4.05 for Windows /Type /Pages Coelli, T.J. and Battese, G.E. /Resources 173 0 R /Rotate 0 /Parent 10 0 R << Enumerator ID: /Rotate 0 /Parent 12 0 R Poverty Alleviation /Rotate 0 /ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageB] /CropBox [0 0 595 842] /Resources 87 0 R 40 0 obj /MediaBox [0 0 595 842] /Parent 8 0 R << /MediaBox [0 0 595 842] Coelli, T.J. 1996. << DFID’s Sustainable Livelihoods Approach and its Framework The concept of ‘Sustainable Livelihoods’ constitute the basis of different ‘Sustainable Livelihood Approaches’ (SLA) and has been adapted by different development agencies such as the British Department for International Development (DFID). /Parent 10 0 R 30 0 obj The integration of SLA into policymaking is the one of the grounds to assert the claim that the concept is absolutely relevant in tackling the problems of climate change (Reed & Ritsema, 2013, pp.67). /Rotate 0 application/pdf In this paper, I introduce the Household Livelihood Resilience Approach (HLRA), which draws from the sustainable livelihoods approach and it’s five capital assets to measure resilience. /Resources 117 0 R /Type /Page 56 0 obj endobj /MediaBox [0 0 595 842] /Type /Page endobj /MediaBox [0 0 595 842] << endobj /CreationDate (D:20020416161820Z) The sustainable livelihoods approach is no more than an attempt to provide a tool which is ‘useful to think with’. 74 0 obj /Rotate 0 /Parent 8 0 R /Resources 105 0 R Sustainable Livelihood Approach and the LAT ... livelihood specialists. /Contents 120 0 R /Rotate 0 endobj /CropBox [0 0 595 842] /kms_Authors (John Farrington, Tamsin Ramasut, Julian Walker) endobj /Type /Page /Rotate 0 >> /CropBox [0 0 595 842] 61 0 obj /MediaBox [0 0 595 842] /MediaBox [0 0 595 842] /MediaBox [0 0 595 842] 0000005378 00000 n endobj endobj /Resources 187 0 R 32 0 obj /Type /Page 0000025965 00000 n << /Type /Page << %PDF-1.3 These measures aim to build resilience to the stresses of drought and climate variability, as well as increase … /CropBox [0 0 595 842] 0000024361 00000 n a representative sample drawn from a rigorously defined sampling frame) the data can be used to extrapolate the economic and social impacts to the whole community. /MediaBox [0 0 595 842] /MediaBox [0 0 595 842] 0000002799 00000 n /CropBox [0 0 595 842] /Contents 166 0 R /CropBox [0 0 595 842] In particular, the sustainable livelihoods approach stresses the importance of understanding institutions by mapping the institutional framework and linking the micro to the macro and the formal to the informal Therefore, it calls for a new style of policy appraisal that moves from universal prescriptions to context-specific approaches that allow alternative, local perspectives to reveal … Poverty endobj ��F$-Q�dy����#�vt���x�W@v+@��0K.���V� A Guide to FRONTIER Version 4.1: Computer Program for Frontier Production Function Estimation, CEPA Working Paper 96/07, Department of Econo-metrics, University of New England, Armidale. /Parent 7 0 R /Resources 177 0 R /CropBox [0 0 595 842] /Rotate 0 >> << /Contents 176 0 R >> 23 0 obj 0000026577 00000 n /Type /Page >> 4414 /CropBox [0 0 595 842] /CropBox [0 0 595 842] /Type /Page /CropBox [0 0 595 842] 0000025190 00000 n /Contents 84 0 R /Resources 81 0 R /Kids [64 0 R 65 0 R 66 0 R 67 0 R 68 0 R 69 0 R 70 0 R 71 0 R 72 0 R] /kms_PublishersUrl () /Parent 12 0 R A livelihood is sustainable when it can cope with and recover from stresses and shocks and maintain or enhance its capabilities and assets both now and in the future, 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