Rural Livelihood Approach

MA RD 511 ; Rural Development: Approaches, Discourses and Theories

1. Rural livelihood approach (RLA) By: Khemraj Subedi Associate Professor M. Phil PhD Scholar

2. Definition of Livelihood According to Ellis (1998) , “A Livelihood can be defined as the activities, the assets and the access that jointly determine the living gained by an individual or household.” When it comes to an individual, a livelihood is the ability of that individual to obtain the basic necessities in life, which are food, water, shelter and clothing. Therefore all activities involved in finding food, searching for water, shelter, clothing and all necessities required for human survival at individual and household level are referred to as a livelihood.

3. Livelihood Diversification Framework

4. References Ellis F (1996) Rural livelihood diversity in developing countries: evidence and policy implications, (40). Retrieved from http:// ww.smallstock.info/reference/ODI/odinrp40.pdf Ellis F (1998) Household strategies and rural livelihood diversification. J Dev Stud 35(1):1–38. http:// doi.org/10.1080/00220389808422553 Ellis F (2000) The determinants of rural livelihood diversification in developing countries. J Agric Econ 51(2):289–302. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-9552.2000.tb01229.x Barbier EB, Hochard JP (2014) Poverty and the spatial distribution of rural population (SSRN Scholarly Paper No. ID 2522735). Social Science Research Network, Rochester, NY Boccia D, Hargreaves J, Lönnroth K, Jaramillo E, Weiss J, Uplekar M, Evans CA (2011) Cash transfer and microfinance interventions for tuberculosis control: review of the impact evidence and policy implications. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 15(6):37–49. http://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.10. 0438

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