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Sustainable Livelihoods Toolbox

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Tools
Training Support
People Centred Development with a Livelihoods Perspective (PCDL)

Tools

Tools to help in using sustainable livelihoods approaches at different stages of the project cycle.


Policy, Institutions and Processes
Facilitating Multistakeholder Processes and Social Learning Index 
Drivers of Change Analysis Index
Stakeholder Analysis Index
Analysing Local Institutions Index
Analysing Power Index  

Policy Analysis Tool:  Word  
SEE ALSO: Policy Process Primer

Power Tools for Policies & Institutions:  Index
Best Practice in Institutional Analysis: Index
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Programme Identification and Design 
UNHCR Tool for Participatory Assessment in Operations Index NEW
Guidance Note on Early Recovery Index
The Initial Livelihood Impact Appraisal (ILIA) Index
Livelihood Assessment Tool-Kit (LAT) Index
Social Capital Measurement Tools Index
Vulnerable Group Profiling - Index
The SouthSouthNorth (SSN) new methodology for Community Based Adaptation Index
Participatory Communication Planning Tool Index
Participatory Vulnerability Analysis Index
Community Risk Assessment Toolkit Index
Participatory Livelihoods Assessment Index
Participatory Farm Analysis (including budget analysis) Index
Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Survey Methods: Index  
Integrated Questionnaire for the Measurement of Social Capital (SC-IQ) Index
80 Herramientas para el Desarrollo Participativo / 80 Tools for Participatory Development (Spanish) Index
FAO Participatory Field Tools: Index

Gender Analysis Tool: Frameworks, tools and links to
other sources
Word


Planning New Projects
Community-Based Risk Screening Tool - Adaptation and Livelihoods (CRiSTAL) Index
Characteristics of a Disaster-resilient Community: A Guidance Note Index

Navigating Amidst Complexity: A Guide to implementing effective research and development to improve livelihoods and the environment. Index

Community Options Analysis and Investment Tool (COAIT): A tool to help communities better assess the link between livelihood options and sustainable resource use Index
Securing Water to Enhance Local Livelihoods (SWELL):
Community-based planning of multiple uses of water in partnership with service providers
Index
Integrated Approaches to Participatory Development (IAPAD) Index
A Livelihoods System Approach in Project Planning: Index
Logical Framework Tool: Index
Project/Programme Planning Tool:  Word

Reviewing Existing Activities
Livelihoods Fieldwork Manual: Index

Sample TORs for a Livelihoods Component in an Output to Purpose Review / Monitoring Visit:  Word
SEE ALSO: Example TORs for a Livelihoods Scoping Study and a Study of the Role of Livestock in Rural Livelihoods


Monitoring and Evaluation
Operational Guidelines for Assessing Impact of Agricultural Research on Livelihoods. Good practices from CIMMYT. HTML
Outcome Mapping (OM) Index

Most Significant Change (MSC) Index

Participatory Planning Monitoring and Evaluation Index

Livelihoods Asset Status Tracking (LAST) Index
Grassroots Development Framework Index
Thinking it Through: Using Diagrams in Impact Assessment Index
Livelihoods Monitoring and Evaluation Tool:  Word
SEE ALSO: Case Studies of Monitoring Livelihoods Impact and Seminar Monitoring Poverty - from Policing to Empowerment

Best Practice in Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation: Index


Ways of Working
Community Led Total Sanitation Index
Facilitating Networks Index
Appreciative Inquiry Index
CARE Partnerships Field Guide Index

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Sharing the approach
The resources which were previously here have been moved to a more substantial section on Training Support

Training Support
Tools and resources to support you in organising SL training. Feedback from past training SL events


Policy, Institutions and Processes
Programme Identification and Design
Planning New Projects
Reviewing Existing Activities
Monitoring and Evaluation
Ways of Working
Training Support



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  
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