It is an approach premised on the view that it leads to development interventions that capacitate the poor. 7 0 obj 3–6. More often than not, these individuals performed more than one of these roles, and many roles were performed by several people. approach for sustainable livelihood. Sufficient conditions lead to actual impact. This article aims to describe the mangrove forest utilization for sustainable livelihood through a community-based ecotourism approach. 2003-06-30T11:51:17Z2013-04-16T17:19:37+01:00PScript5.dll Version 5.2 The concept of SLA had first appeared in research literature in the 1980s, and its inclusion in the White Paper marked its transfer to the policy domain. Study area: Bardia National Park %���� The sustainable livelihoods approach improves understanding of the livelihoods of the poor. SLA first seeks On sustainable Rural Livelihoods in the ESCWA Region Beirut, 24-25 November 2010 SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS APPROACH AND NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT: A CASE STUDY FROM KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNORATE IN IRAQ by Mr. Fady R. ASMAR ��rFbH��Mt�uIaS���q��'z��_ΜQ�\'�λ#���3�\s>v�$�$>�ޢ>��V��r�ً��Q�ꔎ�H��3�1$ �D,Ed|��^4F�� y�#$�@��α�J�j���$Y�jf}͌{�˶n��� The new perspective was welcomed in the mid 1990s by DFID as it strove to redefine its role and mark the change of government in 1997 with a distinctive and timely approach to international development. The principle events of the evolution of the SLA framework were as follows: * 1987 The World Commission on Environment and Development publishes the 'Brundtland Commission report', * 1988 IIED publishes 'The Greening of Aid: Sustainable Livelihoods in Practice', * 1990 UNDP publishes the first Human Development Report, * 1992 UN holds Conference on Environment and Development; IDS publishes 'Sustainable Rural Livelihoods' by Chambers and Conway, * 1994 Care adopts household livelihoods security as a framework for relief and development, * 1995 UN World Summit for Social Development; UNDP adopts Employment and Sustainable Livelihoods as one of top five priorities; IISD publishes 'Adaptive Strategies and Sustainable Livelihoods' by Singh and Kalala; SID launches Sustainable Livelihoods and People's Everyday Economics project, * 1996 'Adaptable Livelihoods' by Davies is published; DFID invites Sustainable Livelihoods projects; 'Participatory Research for Sustainable Livelihoods' by Rennie and Singh is published, * 1997 New Labour publishes White Paper on International Development 'Eliminating World Poverty: A Challenge for the 21st Century. <> In the case of SLA, these sufficient conditions were time and chance encounters. Foster c IIFET Scotland, 11 -15 July 2016. This paper is a case study of the influence of research on a particular shift in policy for the Department of International Development (DFID). Research Question The principal question that this study has dealt with is the factors that affect the possibilities of IDPs in Soacha, Colombia, to attain a sustainable livelihood. In terms of time, a decade passed between the conceptual formation of SLA and its adoption in the 1997 White Paper. UNDP, New York. This study provides an analytical account of stone crushing as a livelihood in Lusaka and makes recommendations for improving the livelihoods of stone crushers to become sustainable. Research related to the impact of utilizing forest resources on local livelihood has been conducted previously in a different The sustainable livelihoods approach dominates the development discourse as a panacea for poverty reduction. The Sustainable Livelihoods Approach The sustainable livelihoods approach is a way of thinking about the objectives, scope, and priorities for development activities. In the 1997 White Paper on international development, DFID made the ‘sustainable livelihoods approach’ (or SLA), a core principle of its strategy for pro-poor policy making. �s�.,)�P�Z�����[S�U���a����Qk�>đ�;[����/��~+z���`��(��, Sustainable Livelihoods: A Case Study of the Evolution of DFID Policy - ODI Working Papers 217 - Research reports and studies. It draws on the main factors that affect poor people's livelihoods and the typical relationships between these factors. The case studies illustrated and further developed concepts developed in previous chapters, and also demonstrated just how the relationships between fa'aSamoa and sustainable livelihoods were expressed in practice. In the SLA case, the conventional view of research informing policy which frames practice: Research - Policy - Practice could be better represented as a triangle where all components inform each other. But how can we apply the principles of sustainability in the real world, at the sharp end of communities in developing nations where income insecurity is the troubled norm? Therefore, this paper uses the sustainable livelihoods approach to examine the livelihood impacts of protected area and conservation incentives at Bardia National Park. The creation of the Sustainable Livelihoods Resource Group lent a boost to the development of this community on an international level. This time was necessary in part for the conjunctions of context we have outlined, but also in a less perceptible way for ideas to be internalised and embedded. Zulhamsyah Imran. The joint programme’s innovative and integrated approach was successful at providing sustainable livelihoods and reversing over-dependence on the extractive industry. endobj ... and livelihood opportunities, and creating dynamic landscape networks. Refining the Context/Links/Evidence Framework. This research conduct in Kao Village, North Halmahera District of Indonesia. The very personal means by which SLA was transferred between colleagues, often through face to face discussions, also fostered resilience as the concept could be tailored to engage with the expertise and interests of specific individuals. This Working Paper offers a descriptive narrative of this progression, identifies major events in the story, and analyses this successful transfer from research to practice and policy through the framework of context, evidence and links. This article examines the efficacy of food gardening as a sustainable livelihood strategy. Evaluate each detail in the case study in light of the HBR case study analysis core ideas. application/pdfWilliam SolesburySustainable Livelihoods: A Case Study of the Evolution of DFID Policy - ODI Working Papers 217 - Research reports and studies Sustainable Livelihood Analysis (SLA) has since the 1990s become the dominant approach to the implementation of development interventions by a number of major international agencies. Krueng Raya Bay from Soharto Hill, Oct 2012. Mark; Abstract The devastating effect of climate change can be seen especially in geographically vulnerable countries. This was especially true within DFID, which fostered mutual respect, awareness and trust and eased the quality of ideas exchanges and the path of SLA. This study was done in a qualitative method using a life-history approach. ... case studies that follow provide valuable examples of the COMDEKS approach and the improvements in ecosystem This paper is a case study of the influence of research on a particular shift in policy for the Department of International Development (DFID). As for chance, a number of lucky encounters, overlapping diaries, and external decisions set up the chronology of SLA. endobj The Sustainable Livelihoods Approach The sustainable livelihoods approach ( SLA ) is a way to improve understanding of the livelihoods of poor people. Participatory Rapid Appraisal (PRA) were used in this study. William Solesbury. endobj Acrobat Distiller 5.0.5 (Windows); modified using iTextSharp 5.1.3 (c) 1T3XT BVBA A Community-Based Approach to Resilient and Sustainable Landscapes: Lessons from Phase II of the COMDEKS Programme. Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change (AIACC) Working Paper, 17. A number of individuals worked as 'testers, developers, champions, communicators, interpreters and advocates' of SLA to facilitate its adoption within DFID. Firstly, the SLA was in tune with wider shifts in approaches to development through the 1980s and 1990s; towards a focus on human-wellbeing and sustainability rather than economic growth. The numerous strands to SLA, and the fact that it was communicated many times by many agents, lent resilience to SLA as a core concept which would not be undermined by a single piece of counter evidence or failed argument. It organizes the factors that constrain or enhance livelihood opportunities, and shows how they relate. w�����������)%U(e�F'�>��6�l��+�'h� ,v�h�ܖ�����9��"|�1ɮ��KR�ℇ�1�<9�k�,\>�� U�'`L�uO�{��%�pE1NƸu�*�^�E�g[X���m�z��\pL�^�B�D͏�9��#�N0&!��NTr8��(�T�$�\b%P�2:LW`vۖ��eR�Ter��?�q$U�H�2g %PDF-1.4 <>stream Summaries of the mini-case studies presented at the SLA Forum THE SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES LIVELIHOODS PROJECT. At HDFC Bank, our Board mandated Sustainable Livelihood Initiative captures almost all the aspects of ‘Creating Sustainable Communities’. The research methodology used is a qualitative method with a case study approach. promoted approach of sustainable livelihoods. Climate Change, Loss of Livelihood and the Absence of Sustainable Livelihood Approach : A Case Study of Shymnagar, Bangladesh Basar, Muhammad Asiful Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University. endstream 8 0 obj (0Uzpp#VlCYBfkF/.JnEIZA It is based on evolving thinking about the way the poor and vulnerable live their lives and the importance of policies and institutions. In the 1997 White Paper on international development, DFID made the 'sustainable livelihoods approach' (or SLA), a core principle of its strategy for pro-poor policy making. H����n�0�������d�ݭK6�+�b�k�QSo�U���o?E�k�9`C���)��G��it��(�O�H�� The paper is not a comparative study between livelihoods and non-livelihoods approaches and as such "traditional" development cases were not considered. Evidence with these qualities was particularly attractive to DFID, who were not persuaded by a single campaigning group, but through their interactions with diverse sources and media. In: Neiland A.E., Béné C. (eds) Poverty and Small-scale Fisheries in West Africa. It is funded by the United Kingdom Government's Department for International Development (DFID) and is implemented through FAO. Livelihood promo. ... A CASE STUDY OF SENGA. 8;Z][5mkCM$j=BDs+C,B&Ll5,]et&u$j\&U]? 1 0 obj In other instances of research influencing policy, the conditions may be very different. sustainable livelihoods of local people of Lavij rural in Iran. The Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) which was adopted in Japan few weeks after it got hit by a disaster was shaped by after the experience of the 2004 tsunami. The SL assessment is designed to establish the understanding and impacts of projects that have been implemented to secure local livelihoods and capture the perceptions of adaptive capacity in the process. Once you are comfortable with the details and objective of the business case study proceed forward to put some details into the analysis template. The major proponents of the sustainable livelihoods approach have developed many case studies and guidelines to address the contrasts in practice between sustainable livelihoods and current practice, common across many sectors including health, education and agriculture, to name a few. The purpose of this case study on BASIX Social Enterprise Group is to introduce their Rural Sustainable Livelihood approach for poverty reduction. Arguably, the web of relationships that characterise the community of policy-makers, researchers and practitioners, was sufficiently close and well developed that had these incidents not taken place, others would have emerged in their place, but this cannot of course be verified. As the emphasis in this thesis is on livelihood strategies, the evidence-based Sustainable Rural Livelihood model, which incorporates social and cultural components and concepts of personal well-being along with economic and environmental data, is considered to be the most appropriate tool for the type of data and the questions being asked of it in this thesis, balancing deductive and inductive approaches and … To promote and safeguard livelihoods, lives and sustainable development, one of the options adopted was building resilience. Step 3 - AIACA: Interventions for Sustainable Livelihoods Case Study Analysis. Flows of ideas between individuals were reinforced by flows of individuals themselves, as critical agents moved their jobs and took their expertise and perspectives from one organisation to the next. Sustainable livelihood approach for assessing community resilience to climate change: case studies from Sudan. Download file doi: 10.3763/cdev.2010.0064. 3 Sustainable livelihood approach for assessing community resilience to climate change: case studies from Sudan1 Balgis Osman Elasha2, Nagmeldin Goutbi Elhassan, Hanafi Ahmed, and Sumaya Zakieldin Higher Council for Environment and Natural Resources, Sudan SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS IN THE INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS CIB Report ISBN: 90-6363-043-3 Publication 302 ... CASE STUDY : NEIGHBOURHOOD SIMON BOLIVAR, BARQUISIMETO, ... somehow then, an approach is appreciated to the magnitude of the informality, in the table 1 that reflects the percentages of informality of some Latin American It is a holistic approach to making a difference to the lives of people from the unbanked and underbanked sections of society, bringing them to the banking fold and empowering them. The case of SLA shows the framework to be useful in organising events and processes which influenced the policy shift in DFID, but suggest it must be refined to guard against determinism. There are two elements of the case of SLA which fall outside RAPID's context/links/evidence framework: time and chance. Crystallised in the Brundtland Commission Report in 1987 and the first UNDP Human Development Report in 1990, NGOs and supportive researchers had negotiated this shift over the preceding decades. Since Chambers and Conway coined the phrase in their 1992 research paper, 'sustainable livelihoods' has expressed a complex set of relationships and ideas with great economy. The Sustainable Livelihoods Support Office produced a range of literature for both lay and political audiences which presented SLA clearly, with a range of case studies and practitioner guides. endobj The Sustainable Fisheries Livelihood Project (SFLP) is based in 25 West African countries. In the development of SLA, core researchers, policy-makers and practitioners tended to know, or at least know of, each other. The movements of individuals such as Conway between Imperial College, IIED, Ford Foundation, Sussex University and the Rockefeller Foundation, illustrate the non-linear trajectory of research, policy and practice in the development of SLA. <>stream The context/links/evidence framework falls short of tracking this process. This study uses the Sustainable Livelihood Framework (SLF) to assess the opportunities and obstacles of IDPs living in Soacha, Colombia. As it was accumulated over the decade preceding the 1997 White Paper, the concept of SLA had been tested both intellectually and empirically by researchers and practitioners in dialogue. The results show that rural tourism has been able to play an effective role in sustainable livelihoods of people and there is a significant relationship 1.2. �3,�ܬ�Ƨ]l>pIj+�I����~0 �:i Materials and methods 2.1. This attempt succeeded then because of the collision of two factors: a broad international climate which favoured people-centred approaches, and a specific need to mark out a new phase of development practice in DFID. 23 0 obj The paper forms part of the Overseas Development Institute's Research and Policy in Development (RAPID) programme, which seeks to learn more about linkages between development research, policy and practice. This paper examines case studies of projects that employed a sustainable livelihoods approach or sustainable livelihoods principles and in which there were measurable effects of poverty reduction. The Livelihood Vulnerability Index: A pragmatic approach to assessing risks from climate variability and change—A case study in Mozambique Author links open overlay panel Micah B. Hahn a Anne M. Riederer b Stanley O. Without necessary conditions there would be no chance of a successful impact of research on policy, but these conditions do not guarantee change on their own. Sustainable Livelihood Approach for Poverty Reduction - BASIX. In the fine mat weaving case study there was considerable harmony between fa'aSamoa and the livelihood strategy. It helps formulate development activities that are • People-centered Incorporate Sustainable Livelihood Approach on Recovery of Fisheries Livelihood toward the Strengthening of Social Resilience: A case Study in Krueng Raya Bay, Aceh-Indonesia. 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