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Goodbye to projects? The institutional impact of sustainable livelihoods approaches on development interventions. 1. An overview: Projects and Principles

author(s) Franks, T.. - Toner, A.. - Goldman, I.. - Howlett, D.. - Kamuzora, F.. - Muhumuza, F.. - Tamasane, T.
from UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
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regions
  • Eastern Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
  • Southern Africa
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4 pp

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Abstract

This briefing paper reports on research exploring ten detailed case studies of livelihoods-oriented interventions operating in Tanzania, Lesotho, South Africa and Uganda. Analysing these interventions through an audit of sustainable livelihood 'principles' (as a proxy for best practice) revealed general lessons both about the practical opportunities and challenges for employing sustainable livelihoods approaches to the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development interventions and also about the changing format of development interventions. This briefing provides an overview of projects and principles

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