January
Email Update
 |
Contents
Hot
Topics
Food Security and Social Protection
Community
Led Total Sanitation
Agriculture
Information
& Communications Technologies
Organisational
Links
Lessons
Events
and Training
Vacancies
|
Issue
No 87, January 2007
Keeping you informed of developments in sustainable livelihoods,
with news, views, reports and experiences from Livelihoods Connect
and our subscribers.
This month we see the launch of our new look HTML bulletin,
which we have created in response to some of the feedback we solicited
from subscribers in our survey last year. We aim to incorporate
more of your feedback into our service in time. In the meantime
if you have any comments or suggestions related to this bulletin
or another matter then please get in touch. We also welcome your
suggestions on themes to explore for future Email Updates.
Send any project documents, lessons, events or announcements you
have to share to us at:
livelihoods-connect@ids.ac.uk
Key
Documents
Livelihood
and Micro-Enterprise Development Opportunities for Women in Coastal
Fishing Communities in India: Case studies of Orissa and Maharashtra
U. Tietze; S. Siar; Suchitra M. Upare; M.A. Upare. 2007
This
FAO circular is based on studies carried out in Orissa and Maharashtra,
India. The study concludes that women’s Self-Help-Groups
and co-operatives have potential to improve the livelihoods of
women in fishing communities, through vocational and enterprise
development training, and assistance in establishing market links.
Childhood
Poverty in Rajasthan: A Review of Literature
Kanchan
Mathur; Shobhita Rajagopal; Pradeep Bhargava. 2004
This
literature review forms the basis for the ongoing research. It
uses a livelihoods framework to explore how processes in the management
of natural resources, and in access to education, health, infrastructure
and social capital affect key aspects of education, health and
work of children.
Vulnerable
Livelihoods in Somali Region, Ethiopia
Stephen
Devereux. 2006
This
publication reports on research conducted with pastoralists, investigating
the causes and consequences of livelihood vulnerability. Although
drought has triggered livelihood crises recently in the region,
the report argues that the underlying causes of vulnerability
are social and political, rather than natural.
|
|
| |
| Hot
Topic |
|
| Food
Security and Social Protection |
|
| Food-based
Nutrition Strategies in Bangladesh: Experience of Integrated Horticulture
and Nutrition Development
This
report is an account of the nutrition component of the Integrated
Horticulture and Nutrition Development Project. The project offers
valuable lessons in nutrition development strategies for improving
food security and nutritional standards in the region. |
Linking
Social Protection and the Productive Sectors. ODI Briefing Paper
This paper sets out current practice and future prospects in respect
of how social protection and agriculture relate to each another.
It makes the point that with better agricultural policy, agriculture
can be more socially protecting and social protection more sensitive
to impacts on production.
|
Social
Protection for Children, Women and Families: The Indian Experience
This
paper presents three examples of social protection interventions
in India. It finds that although these programmes were well conceived
and funded they tended to be poorly implemented with the poorest
and most vulnerable not benefiting. A few of the operational and
policy issues are identified. |
| Food
Security and Environmental Change: Linking Science, Development
and Policy for Adaptation
This conference will bring together the research and policy communities
to promote wider international discussion on the issues of achieving
food security for the most vulnerable as well as meeting society’s
rising demand for food and the environmental consequences.
Date: 2-4 April 2007
Location: Oxford, UK |
|
|
| |
| Hot
Topic |
|
Community
Led Total Sanitation |
|
Tearfund
- Sanitation Newsletter
IDS
recently contributed to Tearfund’s newsletter, Footsteps whose
December 2007 issue is dedicated to the topic of sanitation. It
includes a range of articles one gives a useful overview of CLTS
and its methods.
|
Open
letter from Kamal Kar and Robert Chambers
In
this letter Kamal Kar reflects on the challenge of taking the success
of CLTS to scale whilst maintaining good practice. He identifies
three critical aspects for attention: focus and restraint in funding;
good hands-on CLTS training; and effective follow up.
|
Bolivia
Community Led Total Sanitation Report
This
paper reports on the progress of CLTS in Bolivia over the four months
since its first introduction. It reports on the training developed
and reflects on the achievements, weaknesses and lessons learned.
It is available in both English and Spanish. |
CLTS
in Yemen – New Country Section
“In
Yemen, around 56% of families don’t have access to any sanitation
facilities. Out of the rest of the population, only a small percentage
has access to safe sanitation. This new section details the efforts
of The Yemeni Social Fund for Development to introduce CLTS to communities
in the Yemen. |
SABAWON
– Punjab Civil Society Organisation
SABAWON
is a civil society organisation promoting CLTS in Chakwal district
in Punjab. Together with Plan International they have developed
information, education and communication materials for motivating
rural communities to adopt the practice of community led total sanitation
(CLTS).
|
CLTS
Poster by the Integrated Regional Support Programme
With
the aid of some simple graphics this poster traces the stages of
CLTS from the first transect walk to being declared an Open Defecation
Free (ODF) village.
|
Community
Led Total Sanitation (CLTS): An Evaluation of WaterAid’s CLTS
Programme in Nigeria
Since
establishing a programme in Nigeria in 1995, WaterAid Nigeria tried
several approaches to sanitation promotion. In an attempt to seek
a sustainable methodology they initiated the pilot testing of a
CLTS programme. This is an evaluation report with their findings.
|
|
|
| |
| Hot
Topic |
| Agriculture |
|
Too
Many People, Too Few Livestock: Pastoralism in Crisis?
Here
the Future Agricultures Consortium present two sides of the re-emerging
debate on the future of pastoral systems in the Horn of Africa:
a thesis by Stephen Sandford and a less pessimistic response from
Stephen Devereaux and Ian Scoones. The papers are accompanied by
a series of responses and suggestions for further reading.
|
Formulating
and Implementing Sector-wide Approaches (SWAps) in Agriculture and
Rural Development: A Synthesis Report
Here
is a synthesis report on a study evaluating case studies of SWAps
in agriculture and rural development from seven countries including
Mozambique, Tanzania and Nicaragua. Some key lessons for the future
are identified. |
Making
Agriculture Work for the Poor
This
paper summarises recent work on poverty, agriculture and land. It
reports on panel data analysis in five countries: Vietnam, Uganda,
India, Nicaragua and Ethiopia and identifies three ‘pillars’
for making agriculture work for the rural poor: infrastructure,
education and information.
|
| |
| Hot
Topic |
Migration
|
|
Behind
the Mask of Remittances
This article explores the practice of remittance use and suggests
that there are grounds for questioning the overall value of remittances
as a vehicle for development or social progress since they are primarily
used to supplement an inadequate income.
|
|
|
| BASIX
- Livelihood Promotion Institution
BASIX is a new generation livelihood promotion institution, working
in over eight states in India. Their mission is to promote sustainable
livelihoods through the provision of financial services and technical
assistance. They also have a Livelihoods School aimed at practitioners. |
WWF
- Updated
New Newsletter from the WWF network Climate Contours - Living with
Change: Biodiversity, Communities and Livelihoods
This is the first newsletter from the Climate Change Impacts on
Freshwater Ecosystems in the Himalayas (CCIFEH) Programme. Here
they share experiences from four field sites and communicate thinking
around responsive adaptation, improved livelihoods and biodiversity
conservation. |
|
| |
| Tools |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| |
|
Coral
Reefs and Livelihoods Initiative (CORALI) - Research and Policy
The
aim of this research project was to identify and promote policy
processes which support the development of sustainable livelihoods
for the poor in the coastal communities of South Asia. Here they
share a range of case studies and project reports.
|
Thrive
– Updated
A
report and three presentations have been produced by Thrive; a pilot
project aimed at exploring how poor households in the North of England
construct their living. Julie Jarman presents the Livelihoods Ladder
showing degrees of livelihood vulnerability and sustainability.
|
|
| |
| Events
and Training |
|
|
Enterprise
Development through Value Chains and Business Service Markets: A
Market Development approach to Pro-Poor Growth
This
is a new distance learning course with a face to face option. It
explores how to harness the power of markets to strengthen small-scale
enterprises, generating jobs and benefits for the poor. It offers
an on-the-job learning opportunity using practical tools.
Date:
April 2007 |
E-Learning
Course Livelihoods Assessment and Analysis
This
online course introduces the concept of livelihoods and the components
of the livelihoods framework. It provides guidance on assessing
livelihoods in different food security contexts and on selecting
and interpreting livelihoods indicators.
Course also available in French. This site requires Flash
Deadline:
Not Applicable
|
|
| |
| Vacancies |
|
|
Senior
Associate: Mainstreaming Ecosystem Services Initiative (MESI)
The
People and Ecosystems program at the World Resources Institute (WRI)
is seeking a Senior Associate. The successful candidate will have
a broad understanding of development planning processes and potential
entry points for integrating information on ecosystem service impacts
and dependencies.
Location:
Washington DC, USA
|
Research
Officer and Post Doctoral Fellow Microcon: A Micro Level Analysis
of Violent Conflict
These
two posts are to work on a research project entitled ‘Ethnic
Violence and Economic Processes’. The project will study the
interactions of different shocks suffered by households in developing
countries such as Rwanda and The Congo, and investigate the strategic
use of political violence.
Location:
University of Cergy-Pontoise, France
Deadline: Mid January |
|
|
| About
Livelihoods Connect |
|
|
 |
The
Livelihoods Network is a global list of practitioners, researchers
and policy makers interested specifically in sustainable livelihoods.
It invites members to share thoughts and experiences and develop
their ideas around Livelihoods Approaches by networking through
our email discussion list and participating at an annual face to
face workshop. |
The
purpose of Livelihoods Connect is to facilitate the practical
implementation of sustainable livelihoods approaches. Visit Livelihoods
Connect on the web at: http://www.livelihoods.org/index.html
Comments
on Livelihoods Connect are welcomed by the Livelihoods Connect
Manager, Helen Schneider at:
Email:
livelihoods-connect@ids.ac.uk
Tel: +44(0)1273 878 351
Fax: +44(0)1273 621 202
This
Email Update is currently distributed to over 3,700 subscribers
including: practitioners, policy makers, consultants and researchers
within organisations such as DFID, FAO, IFAD, World Bank, UNDP,
WFP, CGIAR, ActionAid, WHO, AusAID, UNFPA, IIED, ODI, CARE, Practical
Action, Concern and Oxfam.
Send
a blank email message with the words
"subscribe livelihoods-update" in the subject
field to: lyris@lyris.ids.ac.uk
or subscribe online at http://www.livelihoods.org/emailupdate/emailupdate.html#2
(c)
IDS January 2007
Livelihoods
Connect
Institute of Development Studies
at the University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RE, UK
IDS, a charitable company limited by guarantee: Registered Charity
No. 306371; Registered |
|
|
|