General Flashcards

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How do the IDS define sustainable livelihoods

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A livelihood is the capabilities, assets and activities required for a means of living. A livelihood is sustainable when it can cope with and recover from stresses and shocks, while not undermining the natural resource based (IDS)

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How have sustainable livelihoods been integrated into policies

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The UK’s Department for International Development has integrated sustainable livelihoods into their principles by stating that a poverty-focus development activity should be sustainable, people-centred, and participatory (Ashley and Carney, 1999)

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Petry et al (2011)

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Petry et al (2011) emphasises the need for a link between sustainable livelihoods and sustainable production and consumption for achieving sustainable development. There is a need for market participation to construct sustainable livelihoods.

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Who argued there is a need for market participation to construct sustainable livelihoods

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Petry et al (2011)

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What does Scoones et al (1998) look at

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The definitional, conceptual and methodological issues surrounding the concept of sustainable rural livelihoods

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Who looks at the definitional, conceptual and methodological issues surrounding the concept of sustainable rural livelihoods

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Scoones et al (1998)

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Carswell et al (2017)

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Literature sometimes is not clear on what the outcomes of a sustainable livelihood is, and it applies to a wide range of issues within poverty and environment

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Who says that literature is not always clear on what the outcomes of a sustainable livelihood is

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Carswell et al 2017

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How can rural people improve their livelihoods

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Most rural livelihoods are reliant on the natural resource base at least to some extent. Rural people have a range of options to improve their livelihoods: either intensify, extensify, diversify income strategies, or migrate (Scoones et al, 1998).

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What does Potter et al (2012) argue is the most effective way of securing more sustainable livelihoods for rural communities

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Redistribution of land to the poor

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Who argues that the redistribution of land to the poor is the most effective way of securing more sustainable livelihoods for rural communities

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Potter et al (2012)

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What does Potter et al (2012) argue is an obstacle for rural development projects in the global south

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The lack of attention to gendered issues, and the essential role that women play in contributing to agricultural production livelihoods, and resource management.

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Who first looked at gendered issues

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Boserup in 1970, and stated that women have less access to the resources and opportunities they need to be more productive

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