Understanding livelihoods in rural India : diversity, change and exclusion /
Ashley, Caroline.
Start, Daniel.
Slater, Rachel.
Overseas Development Institute (London, England)
London : ODI,
[2003?].
"Guidance sheets for policy-makers and practitioners."
These sheets draw on the experience of ODI's 'Livelihood Options' project in Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh.".
Running title.
Contents: Preface. -- 1.1. Why invest in understanding livelihoods. -- 1.2. Understanding livelihoods : what to assess. -- 1.3. Methods for livelihoods assessment. -- 2.1. The household as an economic unit. -- 2.2. Dynamics of livelihood change. -- 2.3. Livelihood diversity and diversification. -- 2.4. Exclusion, access and unequal market returns. -- 3.1. Planning livelihoods analysis. -- 3.2. Overview of methods for livelihoods analysis. -- 3.3. Asessing diverse portfolios and assets. -- 3.4. Methods for exploring change. -- 3.5. Assessing exclusion, markets and power. -- 4. From policy to livelihoods and back
Rural poor
Households
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