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The sustainable livelihood framework: a reconstruction

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dc.contributor.author Mensah, Emmanuel J.
dc.date.accessioned 2016-11-04T12:50:19Z
dc.date.available 2016-11-04T12:50:19Z
dc.date.issued 2012
dc.identifier.uri https://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/856
dc.description.abstract This paper provides a new construction of the Sustainable Livelihood Framework. Underlying the need for this reconstruction is the persisting argument that the framework is too micro, too household focused, thereby limiting its utility as a micro-macro analytical tool for policy analysis and impact evaluation. In so doing, this paper elaborated assets in the framework on the basis of the degree of user rights that households are able to exercise rather than the form in which they exist. The paper also introduced the concept of relative cumulative effect to present more rigorous understanding of households’ influence on society’s sustainable development trajectory. On these bases, sustainable livelihood is theorized as endogenously determined by the balance between households’ livelihood expectations and the evolutionary path that institutions follow as they respond to households’ cumulative feedback. This framework thus provide a context for providing household-based understanding of institutional evolution and livelihood formation vis- à-vis micro/macro-interventions. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher The Development CAFÉ en_US
dc.subject Sustainable livelihood framework en_US
dc.subject Household livelihood expectations en_US
dc.subject Institutional evolution en_US
dc.subject Sustainable development en_US
dc.title The sustainable livelihood framework: a reconstruction en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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