Sustainable Livelihoods and Rural Development looks at the role of social institutions and the politics of policy, as well as issues of identity, gender and gen

This book brings together several systems-level approaches to the consideration of the interaction of livelihood choices, natural resource management and partic

Seasonality is a severe constraint to sustainable rural livelihoods and a driver of poverty and hunger, particularly in the tropics. Many poor people in develop

Papers presented at the Department for International Development's Natural Advisers' Conference, July 1998.

This book provides an international perspective on rural planning, focused on developing countries. It examines conventional development planning and innovative