June Email
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Contents
Hot
Topics
Food
Security and Social Protection
Community
Led Total Sanitation
Agriculture
Migration
ICT
for Development
Tools
Events
and Training
Post-Its
Vacancies
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Issue
No 92, June 2008
Our monthly update is to keep you informed
of developments in the area of sustainable livelihoods.
We
have grown through the contributions of our members. As ever,
we welcome your suggestions on themes to explore for future Email
Updates.
Our
next monthly update will focus on Livelihoods, Water and Sanitation,
and any suggestions on these themes are particularly welcome.
Please
send your news, views, reports and experiences to: livelihoods-connect@ids.ac.uk
Key
Documents
Rural-Urban
Linkages for Growth, Employment and Poverty Reduction
Joachim Von Braun (2007)
This
paper examines the barriers preventing optimal economic linkages
between rural and urban areas, and the policy interventions needed
to address them. It recommends that we identify the flow of resources
between rural and urban spaces, and then reduce the transaction
costs between them as a strategy.
Who
Benefits from Land Titling? Lessons from Bolivia
Susana Lastarria-Cornhiel (2007)
Land
titling is biased against women in Bolivia and Laos. The amount
of land titled to men is greater, and jointly inherited titles
are often passed on in the husband’s name. There is a need
to promote equity as a social objective, and to raise legal literacy
and gender awareness, especially in rural areas.
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| Food
Security and Social Protection |
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| Climate
Change Vulnerability Assessment in Zambia
The report, focusing on climate change vulnerabilities
in four regions in Zambia, looks at how livelihoods resources
are influenced by floods, droughts and extreme heat. These impacts
are covered in specific detail and compared between four Zambian
communities for variability.
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Mitigating
Climate Change: What Impact on the Poor?
This paper analyses four climate change
mitigating strategies in Africa: environmental labelling of products;
supporting green economic growth; use of bio fuels; forest protection
through incentives. The paper discusses how the effects, whether
negative or positive, depend on the implementation process. |
Social
Protection for Low Capacity Households in Zambia
Moving
households away from protection and to independence, by building
their assets for resilience to shocks and stresses, is a central
part of Zambia’s National Development Plan. Yet its implementation
is troubled due to the lack of knowledge on the numbers and needs
of poor people in Zambia. |
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Led Total Sanitation |
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World
Environment Day: Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council
As well as to end open defecation, this paper maintains that to
fully realise social and economic benefits, conventional sewerage
must be supplemented with ecological sanitation technologies. This
makes use of nutrients in human waste. China’s use of excreta
as fertiliser is given as an example.
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Plan
International Sierra Leone: The Path to CLTS
This document looks at the work of Plan International in transforming
rural parts of Sierra Leone from 'Open Defecation Zones' to 'Open
Defecation Free' status. This is done through inducing feelings
of shame and disgust through participatory approaches. |
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Rural
Livelihoods in Armenia
This paper analyses livelihoods on the household level. It looks
at livelihoods assets in detail with attempts at quantification,
and then moves on to looking at the complex linkages between physical,
natural, financial, social and human capital. It recommends a diversified
development of these assets. |
Rural
Vulnerability in Serbia
This World Bank paper recognises that poverty rates alone are inadequate
in analysing the well-being of poor households. It focuses on the
risks to livelihoods and engages in a vulnerability assessment.
The highest rural risk is associated with those exclusively dependent
on agricultural income. |
Who
Owns the Farm? Rural Women's Access to Land and Livestock
The paper discusses why so few women, even from varied religious,
ethnic and cultural backgrounds, own land and livestock in Afghanistan.
To address this, it recommends greater access and ownership for
women due to their high productive capacity and because rural women’s
options for outside work are limited. |
Securing
Household Income among Small-Scale Farmers in Kakamega District:
Possibilities and Limitations of Diversification
The paper looks at the pre-conditions for successful livelihoods
diversification. Due to its unpredictable nature, diversification
merely within agriculture is not sufficient. A greater variety is
needed, and investment in education and infrastructure can help
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| Knowledge
Sharing for Rural Development: Challenges, Experiences and Methods
This document covers several case studies of information sharing
through various workshops, ranging from parts of Latin America
to Uganda. It looks at technology as a means, rather than an end
goal. There is a continuous focus on the development, communication
and thus importance of local knowledge.
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Community-Based
Risk Screening Tool - Adaptation and Livelihoods (CRiSTAL)
CRiSTAL enables project planners and managers to: understand the
links between local livelihoods and climate; assess a project's
impact on livelihood resources important for climate adaptation;
devise adjustments to improve its impact on these key livelihood
resources. The tool also includes several field tests.
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Characteristics
of a Disaster-Resilient Community: A Guidance Note
The guidance note shows what a disaster-resilient community might
consist of by setting out different elements of resilience. It
then provides ideas about how to progress towards resilience.
It can be used at different stages of project cycle management,
particularly in planning and assessment, and monitoring and evaluation.
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| Events
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Food
Security Distance Learning Courses
These distance learning courses aim at enhancing capacity to manage
food security information from different sectors. Administered through
a free CD service, it offers self-paced e-learning developed by
international experts. It includes a specific Livelihoods Assessment
course amongst many others. Date:
N/A
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International
Training Programme on Sustainable Livelihoods and Empowerment of
Rural Women
The objective of this programme, aimed at senior and middle management,
is to discuss concepts of poverty and strategies of sustainable
livelihood promotion. It then aims to incorporate these into providing
a set of best practices of livelihoods options for rural women in
developing countries. Deadline: 15
July 2008. Date: 4 – 31 August 2008 |
Livelihoods
Based Planning for Disaster Risk Reduction
Containing presentations, case studies, role playing exercises
and syndicate groups, attendees will develop a greater awareness
of livelihoods initiatives and vulnerable communities in disaster
relief reduction. Deadline: 7 July
2008. Date: 16 – 22 July 2008
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Call
for Articles: Climate Change and Resilience, LEISA Magazine
The coming Climate Change issue of the magazine is looking for submissions.
It will look for concrete examples of how Low External Input Sustainable
Agriculture (LEISA), helps build resilience. It will focus particularly
on how farmers perceive and deal with changes and shocks to their
environment. Deadline: 1 September
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Young
Professionals: Chars Livelihoods Programme
The position involves designing and managing research projects,
monitoring programme activities and being seconded to field-based
activities. The successful candidates will be enthusiastic postgraduates
with intern experience. Location:
Bangladesh. Deadline: 21 July 2008 |
Livelihoods
and Peace Building Programme Manager: Mercy Corps
The Darfur Livelihoods Program Manager will lead the development
and implementation of the Mercy Corps’ livelihoods and peace-building
activities in Darfur. Location: Sudan.
Deadline: 16 July 2008 |
Research
Officer: Livelihoods and Human Security Research Programme
This appointment aims to contribute to the understanding of risk
management strategies at individual, household and group levels.
There is a large focus on vulnerability and livelihoods options.
Location: Afghanistan. Deadline: 15
July 2008 |
| Youth
and Livelihoods Specialist: International Rescue Committee
The Livelihoods Specialist will be responsible for providing technical
support, training and guidance on best practices for IRC. The
Specialist will build on existing youth and livelihoods interventions.
Location: Jordan. Deadline: 15 July 2008 |
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