Livelihoods Connect lessons, experience and views on sustainable livelihoods

Policies, Institutions and Processes Theme

		Post-its:
		International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Web Site Available on CD-ROM
		Info Flash Rural Development (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Focal Point For Rural Development)
		Gender and Social Protection (Eldis - Institute of Development Studies)
		Ask FAO and The Best Practices Web Site (SD-Dimensions, FAO) February 2006
		One Stop Shop For Department For International Development (DFID) Research March 2006
		DFID Consultation - White Paper 3 19 January 2006
		DFID e-news bulletin (Development Beyond Aid) 23 February 2006
		The 2005 World Summit (Livelihoods Connect Team) 14 September 2005
		WELL Briefing Notes Dr Julie Fisher, Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC) 10 June 2005
		FAO's Participation Website Newsletter-PRA-Network (The Informal Working Group on Participatory Approaches and Methods to Support Sustainable Livelihoods and Food Security) August 2004
		SL material available- hard copies Department for International Development Publications (DfID) 7 May 2004
		Book Review: Sustainable Livelihoods Titles (Livelihoods Connect Team) 3 September 2004
		Dryland People : A Community of Practice on Sustainable Livelihoods in Dryland Areas (Biba Nohra - American University of Beirut) 3rd September 2003
		Case Studies on Organisational Change for Sustainable Livelihoods (Kath Pasteur: IDS) 23 January 2003
		Supporting Livelihoods, Changing Institutions (Anna Toner: BCID) 27 August 2002
		Understanding Policy Processes and Organisational Change for Sustainable Livelihoods (James Keeley, Kath Pasteur and Ian Scoones: Institute of Development Studies, Sussex) Updated 15 January 2002
		Materials and literature on SL in French from Sustainable Fisheries Livelihoods Programme (Mamanding Kuyateh SFLP) 2 October 2002
		DFID Report on Monitoring and Evaluation of Partnerships (Dr Gail Marzetti: DFID-Brazil) 10 December 2002
		The Western India Rainfed Farming Project Seminar and Discussion (Dr Achim Engelhardt: PARC) 17 September 2002
		Environment, Livelihoods, and Local Institutions: Decentralization in Mainland Southeast Asia. (Fredrich Kahrl: Institutions and Governance Program, World Resources Institute) 17 September 2002
		Using an SL framework in developing organisational vision and goals (Ian Goldman: Khanya-managing rural change) 27 August 2002
		Whose Pentagon, Who's Vulnerable? (Peter Bailey) 13 August 2002
		Strategic use of SLAs for Organisational Change and Development (Peter Bailey) 13 August 2002
		The Relationship between Structures and Processes (Marco Knowles: IFAD) 15 January 2002
		Brazilianising the SL Approach (Gail Marzetti: Natural Resources Adviser, DFID Brasilia) 23 October 2001
		Farmers, Wild Rats and Broom Plants: Livelihoods and Cultural Beliefs and Practices (A. K. Nongkynrih: North Eastern Hill University, Meghalaya, India) 21 May 2002
		74th EAAE Seminar Livelihoods and Rural Poverty: Technology, Policy and Institutions 12-15 September 2001 Call for Papers (Andrew Dorward, Imperial College at Wye)
		Understanding Policy Processes and Organisational Change for Sustainable Livelihoods (James Keeley, Kath Pasteur and Ian Scoones: Institute of Development Studies, Sussex) Updated 15 January 2002

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In Brief:

An understanding the policy process, and tools and ideas for engaging with and influencing policy are key to the promotion of sustainable livelihoods. Resources are available by which this understanding can be improved and processes of change can be explored and evaluated.

An inconsistency has been identified between the the current version of the SLF and the sustainable livelihoods guidance sheets on the relationship between structures and processes. Marco Knowles suggests a revised version of the PIPs box of the SLF.

Peter Bailey asks how we can understand the vulnerability of different stakeholders to each other and what the possibilities are for applying an SL framework in undertaking organisational analysis. Ian Goldman provides some examples of how this has been approached by Khanya-managing rural change.

A new publication from the World Resources Institute provides an overview of decentralized development planning and natural resources management in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, and Yunnan, China.

A presentation on the Western India Rainfed Farming Project provides an example of DFID's commitment to sustainability in its projects. It also points out lessons to be learnt on the relationship between policy and practice, working in partnerships and strategies for evaluation.

The Organisational Change for Sustainable Livelihoods project considers how internal change within organisations can enable and support sustainable livelihoods. Publications from IDS describe the background to the project (15 January 2002) and draw out lessons from organisations in Bangladesh and India (23 January 2003).

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