scholarly journals Review of the Evidence: The Interface between Poverty, Livelihoods, Institutions, and Community Development

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 104
Author(s):  
Tadele Zemede Wubayehu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Livelihood Strategies ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
Popular Participation ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Sustainable Policy ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood Approach

This paper seeks to critically review the existing literature on the links or interfaces between poverty, livelihoods, institutions, and community development. This discussion gives a clear understanding of how poverty is created and gives a clue of how sustainable policy intervention could be developed. The study adopted the Sustainable Livelihood Approach as an overall theoretical framework that guides this discussion. The reviewed literature shows that there are strong and complex interfaces between poverty, livelihoods, institutions and community development and they influence each other in several ways. The interfaces between these concepts influence the choices and nature of livelihood strategies that people employ to pursue their livelihood outcomes. The livelihood outcomes may be positive or negative and it is determined by how these concepts are linked together. For instance, the existing empirical evidences shows that having access to livelihood assets, investment in infrastructure, presence of enabling policy and institution result in positive livelihood outcomes whereas lack of access to assets, increased vulnerabilities, low investment in infrastructures, lack of popular participation, poverty and weak policy and institution together result in adopting of failed livelihood strategies which in turn resulted in negative livelihood outcomes. Thus, to formulate policies, strategies and programs that can effectively address poverty and result in sustainable development, policy makers should consider and understand the connection between these concepts before the formulation of policy, strategies or programs. Without understand this it is difficult to formulate policies, programs, and strategies that can positively contribute to poverty reduction and sustainable development.

scholarly journals Strategi Pemberdayaan Masyarakat Kawasan Penyangga di TN Sebangau Berdasarkan Perspektif Sustainable Livelihood Approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Ardiyanto Maksimilianus Gai
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
National Park ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Physical Capital ◽  
Buffer Zone ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
Scoring Method ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood Approach

Kawasan penyangga di TN Sebangau memiliki permasalahan dari berbagai sektor, seperti sosial, ekonomi dan lingkungan. Salah satunya adalah masalah kerusakan hutan. Saat ini masyarakat yang tinggal di kawasan penyangga TN Sebangau bergantung pada hasil sumber daya alamnya. Namun, kesejahteraan yang rendah menuntut masyarakat untuk melakukan beberapa kegiatan yang melanggar kebijakan TN Sebangau dan berpotensi mengganggu lingkungan sekitarnya. Konsep pendekatan mengenai penghidupan yang berkelanjutan (sustainable livelihood) merupakan salah satu bentuk metode yang dapat mengatasi permasalahan yang muncul pada masyarakat yang tinggal di kawasan penyangga TN Sebangau. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan deskriptif kualitatif, dengan menggunakan metode skoring, AHP dan analisis triangulasi. Subjek penelitian adalah masyarakat yang tinggal di kawasan penyangga TN Sebangau. Variabel yang digunakan adalah modal sosial, modal alam, modal fisik, modal manusia dan modal finansial. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan dari kriteria dan subkriteria pada 3 strategi, yaitu pengembangan masyarakat lokal, perencanaan sosial dan aksi sosial, kriteria ‘pengembangan masyarakat lokal’ merupakan model pemberdayaan yang tepat untuk diterapkan di kawasan penyangga TN Sebangau. Sehingga diperlukan strategi pengembangan yang sesuai dengan masing-masing variabel terkait penghidupan berkelanjutan (sustainable livelihood).Abstract:  Sebangau National Park buffer zone had problem in many sectors like social, economic and environment. One of them is deforestation. Currently, people who lived at Sebangau National Park buffer zone depends on it natural resources. However, low-welvare condition requires people doing some violation against Sebangau National Park policy and potentially interfere the ecosistem. Sustainable livelihood approach presumed can be one solution to solve the problem at Sebangau National Park buffer zone. This research used qualitative descriptive approach, with scoring method, AHP and triangulation analysis. Research subject is people who lived at  Sebangau National Park buffer zone. Variabel that used is social capital, natural capital, physical capital, human capital and financial capital. The results showed that from criteria and sub criteria on 3 strategy, that is local community development strategy, social planning strategy and social action strategy, local community development criteria is exactly empowerment model to apply at Sebangau National Park buffer zone. So that the development strategy of the models are needed in accordance with each variable related to sustainable livelihood.

Fishery poverty reduction in East Java: using sustainable livelihood approach

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 282
Author(s):  
Andhika P. Herlambang ◽  
Agus Suman ◽  
Khusnul Ashar ◽  
Dwi Budi Santoso
Keyword(s):  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood Approach

Sustainable Rural Livelihood and Poverty Reduction Strategies

2022 ◽  
pp. 111-129
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Sustainable Livelihoods ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
Institutional Processes ◽  
Rural Livelihood ◽  
Reduction Strategies ◽  
Household Livelihood ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood Approach

This chapter presents the framework of sustainable livelihoods. The interests of this chapter derive from three issues: (1) How can one determine who in the population achieves a sustainable livelihood and who does not? That is, how does sustainable livelihood assist in eliminating poverty and reduce deprivation in rural communities? (2) What livelihood resources and institutional processes are necessary for enabling or constraining sustainable livelihoods for different groups? That is, does household livelihood help individuals or families to escape poverty? (3) What are the practical, operational, and policy implications of adopting a sustainable livelihood approach to poverty reduction? Namely, what constitutes a satisfactory basis for adopting a livelihood framework?

Why Study Sustainable Livelihood and Poverty Reduction?

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-42
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
Globalizing World ◽  
Reduction Strategies ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Development Goals

This introductory chapter utilizes a framework of inquiry on why people are poor based on sustainable livelihood and poverty reduction. A livelihood is sustainable when it copes with and can recover from stress and shocks, maintain or enhance its capabilities and assets, and provide sustainable livelihood opportunities for the next generation. This book examines the core issues, namely (1) the links between sustainable rural livelihoods and why people are poor; (2) the multilateral policy contexts of poverty; (3) poverty reduction within the context of globalizing world economy; (4) the economic and moral interdependence of humans and nature; and (5) the assessment of poverty among vulnerable groups, for instance, the elderly, the young, the ill, and the disabled. The themes of this volume orbit around characteristics and challenges of sustainable development, marginalization, social empowerment, social development theory, and poverty reduction strategies advocated by the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals worldwide.

scholarly journals Sustainable livelihood approach for assessing the impacts of slaughterhouses on livelihood strategies among pastoralists in Kenya

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Josphat Njenga Gichure ◽  
Sarah Kangai Njeru ◽  
Pius Mwangi Mathi
Keyword(s):  
Social Economic ◽  
Human Dimensions ◽  
Rangeland Management ◽  
Livelihood Strategies ◽  
Central Position ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
Value Addition ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood Approach ◽  
By Products

AbstractThe social, physical, financial, natural, and human dimensions within slaughterhouses have taken a central position in diversifying livelihoods among pastoralists in the arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) in Kenya. There is a need to expound on the literature about these dimensions and assess how they impact on livelihood strategies and outcomes. This research aimed to bring out how these dimensions impact livelihood strategies among Kenyan pastoralists using the sustainable livelihood approach. Qualitative data was collected from four counties in Kenya’s ASALs predominantly inhabited by pastoralists, using focus group discussions, and narratives Observations were analysed using the RQDA package within the R statistical computing environment. The results revealed increasingly diversified social-economic activities, value addition of slaughter by-products, better rangeland management, and diversified diets. Gender, age, and roles significantly (P < 0.01) influenced the extent of diversification. Diversified social-economic activities and value addition directly impacted food security through increased utilization of slaughter by-products, provision of an alternative livelihood source, and better resilience during calamities. To conclude, social, economic, and human activities were central in diversified and advanced pastoral livelihoods.

scholarly journals Sustainable Livelihood Strategies: How Urban Community Resilient Towards Disaster?

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 246
Author(s):  
Navila Ulfi Fauziyanti ◽  
Dyah Rahmawati Hizbaron
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Livelihood Strategies ◽  
Disaster Risk Management ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood Approach ◽  
Small Medium Enterprises ◽  
Medium Enterprises

It has been more than a decade after 5.9 SR earthquakes hit one of the most destructed area Tembi Hamlet, Bantul District, Yogyakarta Province. Amidst the wreaking havoc, the area gained its resilient in no time. This research, aimed to 1) explore what are the factors influential towards local resilient, especially micro-small-medium enterprises; and 2) analyze strategies to tackle disaster. It employed mix method, while the key questions were developed using “Sustainable Livelihood Approach” by DFID, geared with “Pentagram Asset” mapping for each spatial and temporal unit. The result revealed that 1) the micro-small-medium enterprises in urban area are resilient towards earthquake due to fair physical, natural and financial assets management and abundant social, human and political assets. These assets have created enabling environment towards behavioral change of urban society; 2) Despite various livelihood strategies existed in urban areas, the research highlighted three types of livelihood strategies within disaster risk management perspective, i.e. survival (disaster), consolidation by no-change plan mechanism and accumulation strategies by change plan mechanism (post disaster). Critically, pentagram assessment is able to identify feasible local assets and activities, however it left the policy, institution, interaction and multi sector aspects from the spotlight. Herewith, the research proposes evaluation scan to rethinking sustainable livelihood approach within disaster risk management by adding these aspects into the observation. It also revealed that local autonomous initiatives to extend urban based economic activities and supported by abundant political interest play pivotal role in disaster management at developing countries.

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