Goodbye to Projects (Monitoring and Evaluation, Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa)

Goodbye to Projects
Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa

Partners

Start date
04/2001

End date
12/2003

Commitment (£)
N/A

Bradford Centre for International Development

Economic and Policy Research Centre (EPRC), Uganda;

Khanya – managing rural change, South Africa

Institute for Development Management (IDM), Tanzania.

DFID (Funding)

Contacts

Anna Toner a.l.toner@Bradford.ac.uk

Goodbye to Projects website

Purpose

'Goodbye to Projects?' was a research project exploring the institutional implications of adopting a sustainable livelihoods approach to the planning, implementation and assessment of development interventions.

The aim was to broaden our understanding of whether (and if so, why) adopting a sustainable livelihoods approach makes development interventions more effective in reducing poverty.

It also considered the place for sustainable livelihoods approaches in varying types of development interventions (projects, programmes and sector-wide approaches).

	Lessons:
	Sustainable Livelihoods Approaches - Can they transform development? December 2002. PDF NEW
	Final Report-Goodbye to Projects? The Institutional Impact of Sustainable Livelihoods Approaches on Development Interventions March 2004 PDF
	Briefing papers
	An overview: Projects and Principles March 2004 PDF
	The application of the SL principles March 2004 PDF
	The changing format of development interventions March 2004 PDF
	Lessons for Community-Based Planning Interventions March 2004 PDF
	Lessons from Rural Livelihoods Interventions March 2004 PDF
	Lessons for HIV/AIDS Interventions March 2004 PDF
	Articles
	Exploring Sustainable Livelihoods Approaches in Relation to Two interventions in Tanzania. Anna Toner, 2003. PDF
	Background papers
	Annotated Bibliography on Livelihood Approaches and Development Interventions Oct 2001 PDF
	Review of Livelihoods Approaches and Development Interventions in South Africa Feb 2002 PDF
	Review of development interventions in Tanzania: From projects to livelihoods approaches Feb 2002 PDF
	Review of development interventions and livelihoods approaches in Uganda Feb 2002 PDF
	Sustainable Livelihoods Project Audits
	A livelihoods-grounded audit of Participatory Planning for District Development within Capacity 21 programme (Tankakesho) in Tanzania Aug 2003 PDF
	A livelihoods-grounded audit of Community-Based Planning Project in South Africa Aug 2003 PDF
	A livelihoods-grounded audit of the Agricultural Sector Programme Support (ASPS) in Tanzania. Aug 2003 PDF
	A livelihoods-grounded audit of the Sustainable Management of the Usangu Wetland and its Catchment (SMUWC) project in Tanzania. Aug 2003 PDF
	A livelihoods-grounded audit of the Magu District Livelihoods and Food Security Project (MDLFSP) in Tanzania Aug 2003 PDF
	A livelihoods-grounded audit of the Sexual Health and Rights Programme (SHARP!) in Lesotho and South Africa. PDF
	A livelihoods-grounded audit of the Training and Environmental Management (TEAM) project in Lesotho. PDF
	A livelihoods-grounded audit of the Sustainable Coastal Livelihoods Programme (SCLP) in South Africa. PDF
	A livelihoods-grounded audit of the Plan for the Modernisation of Agriculture (PMA) in Uganda PDF
	A livelihoods-grounded audit of the AIDS/STD programme in Uganda PDF

Use of Sustainable Livelihoods Approaches

Approaches to projects and development have undergone considerable change in the last decade with significant policy shifts on governance, gender, poverty eradication, and environmental issues. Most recently this has led to the adoption and promotion of the sustainable livelihood (SL) approach. The adoption of the SL approach presents challenges to development interventions including: the future of projects and programmes, and sector wide approaches (SWAPs) and direct budgetary support.

This project undertook an innovative review of these issues. Central to this was to question how a livelihood approach is actually being used in a range of development interventions. This was used to identify and clarify the challenges to the design, appraisal and implementation of development interventions and changes required from the adoption of a livelihoods approach.

The research was conducted in two phases. The first phase consisted of general and country reviews on SL and development interventions. The second phase of the research was detailed case studies on development interventions in Uganda, Tanzania and South Africa. These case studies compared and contrasted the implementation of sector wide approaches, programmes and projects developed following an SL approach against those designed using a “classical” approach.

Contribute:

Livelihoods Connect welcomes details of how sustainable livelihoods approaches are being used by your project. Simply complete the Sustainable Livelihoods Project Summary Form and send it as an email attachment to:

livelihoods-connect@ids.ac.uk.