The Sustainable Livelihoods Framework可持续生计框架.pptVIP

The Sustainable Livelihoods Framework It’s ONE WAY of “organising” the complex issues surrounding POVERTY It’s NOT the ONLY WAY It needs to be: Modified Adapted Made appropriate to local circumstances Made appropriate to local priorities Livelihoods assets Human Capital Health Nutrition Education Knowledge and skills Capacity to work Capacity to adapt Natural Capital Land and produce Water aquatic resources Trees and forest products Wildlife Social Capital Networks and connections patronage neighbourhoods kinship Relations of trust and mutual support Formal and informal groups Common rules and sanctions Collective representation Mechanisms for participation in decision-making Leadership Physical Capital Infrastructure transport - roads, vehicles, etc. secure shelter buildings water supply sanitation energy communications Tools and techology tools and equipment for production seed, fertiliser, pesticides traditional technology Financial Capital Savings Credit/debt - formal, informal, NGOs Remittances Pensions Wages The Asset Mix Different households with different access to livelihood “assets” Livelihoods affected by: diversityof assets amount of assets balance between assets So…….. “Vulnerability” Context Shocks Floods, droughts, cyclones Deaths in the family Violence or civil unrest Seasonality Trends and changes Population Environmental change Technology Markets and trade Globalisation Policies, Institutions Processes Policies Livelihood Strategies Combining: the assets they can access Taking account of: the vulnerability context Supported or obstructed by: policies, institutions and processes. ………..………..leading to Livelihood Outcomes Poverty - a “poor” livelihood outcome: based on a fragile or unbalanced set of livelihood assets unable to sustain to shocks, changes or trends not supported, or actively obstructed by policies, institutions and processes that do not allow assets to be used as they might li