CS200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Millennium Development Goals, Amartya Sen, Oak Ridges Moraine
7 Apr 2015
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This is an image of an open air market in in an unidentified location in india. The shopkeepers earn their living through selling their fruits and vegetables on unmarked land. Though somewhat recent, the introduction of a livelihoods approach has been a significant and thoughtful change in the way practitioners and researchers understand icd. This approach recognises the agency that people and households have in securing themselves from vulnerability. Remember that you should continue to aim to understand poverty and deprivation in terms of the lives people can actually lead and the freedoms they do actually have (sen, 1999, p. 92). Video & reflection listen to jane clark of dfid talk about sustainable livelihoods. Learning objectives by the end of this module, you will be able to: discuss the principles of the livelihoods approach identify the different strategies used in applying the livelihoods approach. Provide examples of sustainable livelihoods" practices in rural development demonstrate your understanding of a livelihoods strategy.
