Elements of Household Livelihood Security

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Elements of Household Livelihood Security
Education
Shelter
Community Empowerment
Whether these are described as needs or rights,
holistic diagnosis implies taking them all into
account.
Health
Food
Water
Economic Security
Environment
Context Social, Political and Cultural
Means Income, skills, time
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WORLD
ACTORS
Bi- / Multi-lateral Agencies
NATION
National / sub-regional / local Government
STATE
Private Sector
NGOs
DISTRICT
CBOs
COMMUNITY
Social Networks
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CONTEXTS, CONDITIONS AND TRENDS
CONTEXTS, CONDITIONS AND TRENDS
INSTITUTIONAL PROCESSES ORGANIZATIONAL
STRUCTURES
INSTITUTIONAL PROCESSES ORGANIZATIONAL
STRUCTURES
SUTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD OUTCOMES
LIVELIHOOD RESOURCES
LIVELIHOOD STRATEGIES
LIVELIHOOD RESOURCES
LIVELIHOOD STRATEGIES
Health Food Nutrition Water/Sanitation Shelter Ed
ucation Personal Safety Community
participation Environment
Production and Income Activities Processing,
Exchange and Marketing Activities
State Formal Civil Society Informal Civil
Society Private Sector
Historical Social Political Economic Infrastructur
e Demography Environmental Policy
Natural Capital Human Capital Social
Capital Political Capital Economic/Financial
Capital
Analysis of institutional/organizational
influences on access to livelihood resources and
composition of livelihood strategy portfolio
Analysis of livelihood resources trade-offs,
combinations, sequences, trends
Analysis of outcomes and trade-offs
Contextual analysis of conditions and trends and
assessment of policy setting
Analysis of livelihood strategy portfolios and
pathways
Modified from Scoones, 1998
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• Holistic appraisal - improve targeting,
  participatory
• Analysis and Synthesis
• Focused strategy - address real FS needs
• Coherent Information Systems (e.g, for
  synergies
• Reflective practices- learn and change

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DESIGNING A SURVEY IS LIKE LAYING A PIPELINE
Reliability validity of indicators
Questionnaire quality
Depth of analysis
Reporting utilization
Sample design size
Quality of data collection
QUALITY OF INFORMATION GENERATED BY AN EVALUATION
DEPENDS UPON LEVEL OF RIGOR OF ALL COMPONENTS
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Reliability validity of indicators
Questionnaire quality
Depth of analysis
Reporting utilization
Sample design size
Quality of data collection
AMOUNT OF FLOW (QUALITY) OF INFORMATION IS
LIMITED TO THE SMALLEST COMPONENT OF THE SURVEY
PIPELINE
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Levels of DME-IS (from recent DME-IS conference)
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Comparaison des termes de cadre logique utilisés
par différentes agences
Cest ce que lon a appelé parfois la  pierre de
Rosette des cadres logiques