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Critical Linkages: Livelihoods, Markets and Institutions1
Andrew Dorward, Nigel Poole, Jamie Morrison, Jonathan Kydd and Ian Urey2
Imperial College at Wye, Wye,
Ashford, Kent TN25 5AH
Paper presented at the Seminar on ‘Supporting Institutions, Evolving Livelihoods’, Bradford Centre for International Development, University of Bradford 29th-30th May 2002
Email:
A.Dorward@ic.ac.uk
Published with permission of the authors
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Abstract
The benefits of livelihoods thinking and approaches are widely recognised. This paper focuses on an important gap in much of the conceptualisation and application of ‘livelihood approaches’, a lack of emphasis on markets and their roles in livelihood development and poverty reduction. The omission is important as it can lead to failure to identify and act on market opportunities and constraints and on related institutional issues. The paper explores these arguments in more detail and suggests ways in which they may be addressed before concluding with a brief illustration of the application of the paper’s arguments to a desk study on rural market development in Africa.
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Introduction |
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Market opportunities and constraints in livelihood development |
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Institutional issues in pro-poor market development |
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Implications for the Livelihoods Development Agenda |
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Markets and institutions: a case study |
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Footnotes:
- The ideas presented here have been developed under various activities funded by the Department for International Development (DFID) of the United Kingdom. However, the interpretations and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors and should not be attributed to DFID, which does not guarantee their accuracy and can accept no responsibility for any consequences of their use. Contributions of Colin Poulton and Laurie Smith in raising and debating issues and ideas addressed in this paper are gratefully acknowledged
- Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine.
Email: A.Dorward@ic.ac.uk,
http://www.wye.ac.uk/AgEcon/ADU/index.html
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