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Training Resources - People Centred Development with a Livelihoods Perspective

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This is a collection of discussion documents and case studies about interventions which were people-centred with a livelihoods perspective

 
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LSP Working Paper: Understanding Access to Seeds and Plant Genetic Resources (Sustainable Livelihoods Approaches and access to seeds and Plant Genetic Resources) Background / Case studies
Source: FAO LSP (S.Shesia and I. Scoones)
Monitoring and Evaluating Impacts on Livelihoods: CARE Team Case Study (Examining the impact of a TEAM project in Lesotho) Case study
Source: Khanya - Managing Rural Change

Participatory and Integrated Policy: A Framework for Small-Scale Fisheries (Policies, institutions and processes (PIPs) in the livelihoods of small-scale fishers) Key issues
Source: Integrated Marine Management (IMM) (J. Campbell and P. Townsley)

Sustainable Livelihoods Seminar Series (Sustainable Livelihoods) Case studies / Seminar reports
Source: DFID
Key Documents Database (Key texts on SL) Action-oriented summaries of writings on SL
Source: Livelihoods Connect
Sustainable Livelihoods - Lessons from early experience (Sustainable livelihoods) Lessons learned
Source: DFID (D. Carney, C. Ashley)
Sustainable Livelihoods Approaches: Progress and Possibilities for Change (Sustainable livelihoods approaches) Experiences / Case studies
Source: DFID (D. Carney)
Livelihoods Approaches Compared: A Multi-Agency Review (The differing use and understanding of sustainable Livelihoods) Experience Exchange
Source: ODI (K. Hussein)
Sustainable Livelihoods: A Case Study of the Evolution of DfID policy (Sustainable Livelihoods policy in DfID) Case study
Source: ODI (W. Solesbury)
Changing Organisations for Sustainable Livelihoods (Entry-points for organisational change) Lessons learned
Source: K. Pasteur (IDS)
Livelihoods Approaches Compared (The operationalisation of the sustainable livelihoods approach within Care, Oxfam, UNDP and DfID ?Some similarities and differences) Experience Exchange
Source: DfID (D. Carney, M. Drinkwater, T. Rusinow) OXFAM (K. Neefjes) UNDP (S. Wanmali and N. Singh)
Inter-Agency Experiences and Lessons From the Forum on Operationalising SL Approaches (Applying SL approaches) / Experience exchange / Lessons learned / Central issues
Source: FAO
Goodbye to Projects? Working Paper Series (SL approaches to development) Experiences / Case Studies / DFID
Source: Bradford Centre for International Development Economic Policy and Research Centre (Uganda) Khanya (South Africa) Institute for Development Management (Tanzania)
Approaches to sustainable livelihoods for the rural poor (The emergence of the SL approach) Introducing key issues regarding the sustainable livelihoods approach
Source: Overseas Development Institute (ODI) Poverty Briefing Series (D. Carney)
Improving Access to Natural Resources for the Rural Poor: A Critical Analysis of Central Concepts (Sustainable Livelihoods approaches and access to natural resources) Main issues
Source: FAO LSP (P. Baumann)
Livelihoods Diversification and Enterprise Development: An Initial Exploration of Concepts (Rural livelihoods and diversification) Reviewing the main issues in diversification and enterprise development
Source: FAO LSP (P. Warren)
Improving Access to Natural Resources for the Rural Poor: The Experience of FAO and other Key Organisations (Sustainable Livelihoods approaches and access to natural resources) Experiences of FAO and other key Organisations
Source: FAO LSP (L. Cotula)
Participatory Policy Reform: Review of Concepts and Practical Experiences (Participatory policy reform) Review of main issues / Case studies
Source: FAO LSP (M. Karl)
Applying People-Centred Development Approaches in FAO: Some Practical Lessons (People-Centred Development Approaches in different cultural contexts) Experience of FAO officers
Source: FAO Livelihoods Support Programme (LSP) (P. Baumann, M. Bruno, et al)
People-Centred Approaches: A Brief Literature Review (People-Centred Development Approaches in different cultural contexts) Literature Review
Source: FAO Livelihoods Support Programme (LSP) (D. Cleary, et al)
Urban Livelihoods: A People Centred Approach to Reducing Poverty (Urban livelihood strategies) Experience Exchange
Source: International Development Department
School of Public Policy University of Birmingham (Carol Rakodi)
Livelihood Monitoring and Evaluation (Main issues) Case studies
Source: The IDL Group (Cate Turton)
Monitoring and Evaluating Impacts on Livelihoods: Lessons from Experience (The Sustainable Livelihoods approach) Lessons learned
Source: ODI (K. Hussein)
Linking Micro to Macro: Policies and Institutions to Support the Rural Poor (Policies Institutions Processes) Case studies leading to key findings
Source: Khanya - Managing Rural Change (I. Goldman)
Experiences with development planning using the SL approach (Sustainable livelihoods in development planning) Experience / Case studies / Lessons learned
Source: Khanya - Managing Rural Change (I. Goldman, M. Roos, E. Jacobs)
Participatory Assessment and Planning for Sustainable Livelihoods (Participation, empowerment and sustainable livelihoods) Introducing background and concepts / lessons learned / methodology
Source: UNDP (Samir Wanmali)
How Forests Can Reduce Poverty (Forests as a resource for poverty reduction) Agenda for future action
Source: FAO Forestry Department





































































Case Studies
Application in Different Sectors and Contexts (SL Concepts in Practice) Lessons Learned & Case Studies
Source: Livelihooods Connect
Community Energy Experiences from a South Wales Wind Farm Project Awel Aman Tawe (Implementation/UK) Case study
Source: Emily Hinshelwood

A Sustainable Livelihoods Approach to Drought and Water Security (Implementation / Ways of working) Lesson learning
Source: British Geological Survey (BGS) (Roger Calow) Overseas Development Institute (ODI) (Alan Nichol)

Asia Case Studies 
The Deliveri Programme (Implementation /SL principles in projects) Case study
Source: Centre for International Development and Training (CIDT), University of Wolverhampton

Developing Agricultural Solutions with Smallholder Farmers: How to get started with Participatory Approaches (People-centred rural development) A collection of good practice tools, methodologies
Source: P.M. Horne and S.W. Stur, CIAT

From Farmer Field School to Community IPM: Ten Years of IPM Training in Asia (Farmer Field Schools) Lessons learned
Source: FAO Community IPM (Edited by J. Pontius, R. Dilts and A. Bartlett)
Watershed Development with a Livelihoods Perspective Andhra Pradesh (The use of sustainable livelihoods concepts in watershed development in Andhra Pradesh, India) Experience Exchange / Case study
Source: DFID
Development of a Strategy for the Terai Arc Landscape, Nepal (The integration of a sustainable livelihoods perspective in a Root Cause Analysis) Overview of project / Methodology / Lessons learned
Source: DFID/ The IDL Group (Cate Turton)
Latin America and the Caribbean Case Studies
Reformas Institucionales y Desarrollo Rural - un balance a partir de las experiencias de seis países (Moving beyond agriculture and to rural) Workshop on policies and institutions in rural development
Source: FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (FAO RLC) (Workshop, Mexico City)
Sistema de identificacíon y de monitoreo de la vulnerabildad alimentaria Columbia (Vulnerability and food insecurity in Columbia) Developing tools and methodologies
Source: WFP and GTZ (C. Trentmann)

Ordenamiento Territorial Participativo - Desarrollando y Utilizando un SIRTPLAN SIRTPLAN (Sistema de Información sobre el Recurso Tierra para la PLANificación) Reviewing on-going activities
Source: FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (FAO RLC) (A. van Leeuwen)

La Paticipación Campesina en la Formulación de Proyectos Productivos como una Alternativa de Estrategia para el Desarollo Rural (The emergence of community organisations for improved livelihoods and environmental protection) Case study
Source: L. Guajardo, G. Espinosa, O. Hernández (FODEPAL)
Apropiación de Métodos Participativos Participative (Methodologies for rural development) Reviewing on-going activities
Source: C. Quiros CIAT
Africa Case Studes
Feeder Roads Project Mozambique (Implementation) Case study
Source: Centre for International Development and Training (CIDT), University of Wolverhampton
An SL Approach to Impact Assessment - the Kipepeo Project (Impact assessment) Case study
Source: Centre for International Development and Training (CIDT), University of Wolverhampton
HIV/ AIDS, Gender Inequality and Rural Livelihoods (Impact of HIV/ AIDS on livelihood strategies and assets) Livelihoods Analysis / Case study
Source: SDW (FAO) with DCI, Government of Zambia"
Étude de l'impact des Politiques, Institutions et Processus sur les Moyens d'existence des communautés de pêche en Sénégal (Policies, Insitutions and Processes) Examining the role of PIPs in livelihoods
Source: SFLP
Study on the Impact of Policies, Institutions and Processes on the Livelihoods Of Fishing Communities in Ghana (Policies, Insitutions and Processes) Examining the role of PIPs in livelihoods
Souurce: Ghana National Coordinating Unit, SFLP
Improving institutional support to promote sustainable livelihoods in Southern Africa (Institutional issues) Key questions and issues are presented and examined
Source: Khanya - Managing Rural Change
In the Field (The livelihoods of the rural poor) Learning through the experiences of rural people
Source: Livelihoods Connect, BBC World Service Natural Resources Institute (NRI) Series
Participatory Livelihoods Analysis of Forest Dependant Communities in Lamu District, Kenya (Livelihoods assets) Case study
Source: FARM Africa (G. Jordan, A. Buru, A. Gabow, K. Massawe, A. Murithi, T. Rumbold)
Chronic Poverty in Rural Western Kenya (Chronic poverty and its implications for development in Kenya's agricultural sector) Experience
Source: Institute for Development Policy and Management Manchester University (F. Place, P. Heibinck, M. Omosa)
Fisheries in the Livelihoods of the Rural Poor in West Africa (The Sustainable Livelihoods Approach to Fisheries in practice) Case study experience from the SFLP
Source: Sustainable Fisheries Livelihoods Programme (SFLP)
 
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