Description

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The message of Sustainable Livelihoods and Rural Development is clear: livelihood approaches are an essential lens to view questions of rural development, but these questions need to be situated in a better understanding of political economy. Ian Scoones delves into the history of livelihoods thinking, reflects on the links to studies of poverty and wellbeing and discusses the array of livelihood frameworks and their potentials and limitations.

About the Author

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Ian Scoones is a professorial fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex and director of the ESRC STEPS Centre.