Basic elements of development dynamics

Livelihood Strategies

Available Resources

Well being Outcomes

Context

Politics and

InstitutionsRisk

Changes in communiti

es

Changes in communiti

es

Assets……determine opportunities

&...

On farm activities, off-farm agricultural activities

Off-farm non agricultural activities

Micro-enterprise

Migration / Receipt of remittances

Participation in social assistance and safety nets

Income & consumption

Savings

Food security

Health and nutritional status

Self-esteem

Leisure and recreation

Empowerment

Environmental sustainability

Hopefulness

Productive Social Locational

Human capital

Natural

resources

Physical capital

Savings & Stocks

Social Networks

Political Networks

Infrastructure & Services

Distance to town

Agro-ecological zone

Policy/ institutional milieu

Existence of risk

Economic & trade policies

Other policies/institutions

Property right& contracts

National & local governments

Social protection & safety nets

Price & markets

Droughts, floods, frost

Natural disasters

Diseases & pests

Physical Insecurity

Discrimination

Well-being Outcomes…

...within a given Context

OPTIONS

for Livelihood Strategies

Leading discussions through questions

Livelihood Strategies

What are the activities to secure your living?

Available assets

What assets / resources have you used in these activities?

Well being

Outcomes

What kind of benefits did you earn from these activities?

Context

Politics & Institutions

Risk

Which laws and rules limit access to recourses ?

What are the fears and risks involved in these activities?

Changes in the

community

Changes in the

community

Workshop Program:

•Basic elements of development dynamics

•Presentation of the conceptional framework

•Leading discussions through questions

(presentation and documentation supported by flipchart and colored cards)