Sustainable Livelihoods: Building on the Wealth of the Poor

By K. Helmore, Naresh Singh. 2001

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A survey of micro-enterprise in urban West Africa: drivers shaping the sector (2006, background): “If we take an ‘asset-based’ approach (Helmore and Singh 2001) and consider the different forms of capital available to MEs in the region, it seems that training and market knowledge (human capital) and access to finance (financial capital) are important assets associated with the success of…”
Sustainable Livelihoods: A Case Study of the Evolution of DFID Policy (2003, background): “4 1999 DFID creates the Sustainable Livelihoods Support Office and appoints Jane Clark as its Head DFID publishes the first Sustainable Livelihoods Guidance Sheets (DFID, 1999a); Sustainable Livelihoods and Poverty Elimination (DFID, 1999b); and Livelihoods Approaches Compared (Carney et al., 1999) ”
A Livelihood Approach to Sustainability (2009, background): “…livelihood is made up of activities, assets and entitlements, together with the short-term coping mechanisms and long-term adaptive strategies that the person employs in times of crisis so that, in adjusting to hardship, loss and change, they can maintain a livelihood (Helmore & Singh, 2001).”