Hanging in, stepping up and stepping out: livelihood aspirations and strategies of the poor
Author(s)
Dorward, AndrewAnderson, Simon
Nava Bernal, Yolanda
Sánchez Vera, Ernesto
Rushton, Jonathan
Pattison, James
Paz, Rodrigo
Editor(s)
Eade, DeborahPublication date
2009-03-01
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Development in PracticeDocument type
Journal articleLanguage
EnglishDescription
In recent years understanding of poverty and of ways in which people escape from or fall into poverty has become more holistic. This should improve the capabilities of policy analysts and others working to reduce poverty, but it also makes analysis more complex. This article describes a simple schema which integrates multi-dimensional, multi-level, and dynamic understandings of poverty, of poor people's livelihoods, and of changing roles of agricultural systems. The article suggests three broad types of strategy pursued by poor people: 'hanging in', 'stepping up', and 'stepping out'. This simple schema explicitly recognises the dynamic aspirations of poor people, diversity among them, and livelihood diversification. It also brings together aspirations of poor people with wider sectoral, inter-sectoral, and macro-economic questions about policies necessary for the realisation of those aspirations.<p>This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.</p>Pages
7ISSN
0961-4524EISSN
1364-9213ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1080/09614520802689535