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Figure 3: A framework for micro-policy analysis of rural livelihoods. 37<br />

Livelihood<br />

platform<br />

Assets:<br />

Natural<br />

capital,<br />

physical<br />

capital,<br />

Human<br />

capital,<br />

financial<br />

capital, social<br />

capital.<br />

A B C D E F<br />

Access modified<br />

by<br />

Social relations:<br />

Gender,<br />

Class,<br />

Age,<br />

Ethnicity.<br />

Institutions:<br />

Rules and<br />

customs, Land<br />

tenure, markets in<br />

practice.<br />

Organisations:<br />

Associations,<br />

NGOs,<br />

Local<br />

administration and<br />

state agencies.<br />

In context<br />

of<br />

Trends:<br />

Population<br />

Migration,<br />

Technical<br />

change,<br />

Relative<br />

prices,<br />

Macro<br />

policy,<br />

National<br />

economics<br />

trends,<br />

World<br />

economic<br />

trends.<br />

Shocks:<br />

Drought,<br />

Floods,<br />

Pest,<br />

Diseases,<br />

Civil war.<br />

Source: Ellis (2000: 30). Adapted from Scoones (1998: 4) and Carney<br />

(1998: 5).<br />

37 The framework originates from work on vulnerability and famines (Davies 1996; Swift<br />

1989); livelihood system approaches to gender analysis (Grown and Sebstad 1989);<br />

analysis of poverty-environment interactions (Reardon and Vosti 1995); asset<br />

vulnerability approach to urban poverty reduction (Moser 1998); and research on<br />

sustainable rural livelihoods (Bebbington 1999; Scoones 1998).<br />

43<br />

Resulting in<br />

Livelihood<br />

strategies<br />

Composed of<br />

Natural<br />

resource based<br />

activities:<br />

Collection,<br />

cultivation<br />

(food),<br />

Cultivation<br />

(non-food),<br />

livestock, Non-<br />

farm NR.<br />

Non natural<br />

resource based<br />

activities<br />

Rural trade,<br />

rural<br />

manufacture,<br />

remittances.<br />

With effects on<br />

Livelihood<br />

security:<br />

Income level,<br />

Income stability,<br />

Seasonality,<br />

Degree of risk.<br />

Environmental<br />

sustainability:<br />

Soil and land<br />

quality,<br />

Water,<br />

Rangelands,<br />

Forests,<br />

Biodiversity.

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