Sustainable Livelihoods and Livelihood Diversification
Abstract
This paper constitutes a preliminary output of the ODA-funded research programme on sustainable
livelihoods being carried out by the Institute of Development Studies and the Poverty Research Unit at
the University of Sussex, in collaboration with the International Institute for Environment and
Development.
This programme aims to explore the alternative routes to sustainable livelihoods pursued by rural
people in contrasting agro-ecological settings in four countries: Bangladesh, Mali, Ethiopia and
Zimbabwe. In relation to this aim, the overall focus is to understand how institutional arrangements
determine rural people’s entitlements, provide the setting within which they construct their livelihoods,
and determine who gains and loses in the struggle to maintain livelihoods. It is proposed that rural
people construct their livelihoods via three main strategies: agricultural intensification; livelihood
diversification; and migration. This paper explores the second of these strategies using evidence from
Asia and Africa.
Citation
Hussein, K. & Nelson, J. (1998) Sustainable Livelihoods and Livelihood Diversification, IDS Working Paper 69, Brighton: IDS.Is part of series
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