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An Introduction to the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework

An Introduction to the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework. Peter Thorne International Livestock Research Institute SLATE Training for Africa RISING / NBDC Addis Ababa / Jeldu . 1 - 5 April 2013. A way of thinking about scope, priorities and objectives for development.

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An Introduction to the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework

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  1. An Introduction to the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework Peter Thorne International Livestock Research Institute SLATE Training for Africa RISING / NBDC Addis Ababa / Jeldu. 1 - 5 April 2013

  2. A way of thinking about scope, priorities and objectives for development. • Identify the range of assets and options open to households. • By doing so, the constraints faced by and opportunities available to them can be clarified. • Multi-dimensional. • Based in householders’ realities • Why Sustainable Livelihoods?

  3. The Sustainable Livelihoods Framework

  4. Human – skills, knowledge, ability to labour and good health that together enable people to pursue different livelihood strategies and achieve their livelihood objectives. At a household level human capital is broadly a factor of the amount and quality of labour available. • Natural – natural resource stocks from which resource flows and services (e.g. nutrient cycling, erosion protection) useful for livelihoods are derived • Financial – financial resources that people use to achieve their livelihood objectives (includes capital and income for the purposes of the livelihoods analysis) • Physical – basic infrastructure and producer goods needed to support livelihoods (roads, shelter, milk collection plants etc.). • Social – the social resources upon which people draw in pursuit of their livelihood objectives. Includes family, other social, commercial networks etc., membership of formal organisations (cooperatives etc.) • What are the Capital Asset Classes?

  5. Livelihoods Pentagons

  6. The Process 1: Identifying Asset Indicators • Identify a set of indicators for the communities that we are working in. • Important that these reflect the needs, concerns and opportunities that affect the community • Groups of key informants

  7. Combine indicators identified during step 1. • Assess each household according to these indicators • Weight (importance): 0 to 10 – how relevant is this indicator to the household when compared with all the other indicators. • Score (impact): -5 to +5 – how much does this indicator contribute to or compromise the household’s livelihood. • Vulnerability – Score future perceptions • The Process 2: Household scoring

  8. Learn about the different livelihoods assets and indicators within a community and their relative importance. • Identify benchmarks that can be used to see where individual households are in relation to their neighbours • Identify groups (types) of household that are sufficiently similar in nature for them to be able to adopt similar sets of interventions. • What will we get from this?

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