Markets, Institutions and Technology: Missing Links in Livelihoods Analysis

By A. Dorward, Nigel Poole, J. Morrison, J. Kydd, I. Urey. 2003

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Institutions, Markets and Economic Co‐ordination: Linking Development Policy to Theory and Praxis (2005, background): “It argues for application of an analytical framework which instead of looking at institutions primarily in terms of their contributions to making competitive markets work better, sees such markets as one form of institution fulfilling exchange and co-ordination functions in an economy.”
Putting the principles of the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach into fisheries development policy and practice (2006, background): “Although the SLA has provided useful concepts and operational guidance to SFLP, it also has weaknesses in the way it is represented and therefore interpreted [41–43].”
Livelihood adaptation to risk: Constraints and opportunities for pastoral development in Ethiopia's Afar region (2007, background): “Social capital is reported to facilitate integration into a market economy by facilitating business networks and reducing transaction costs (Dorward et al., 2003), but this refers to ‘bridging’ social capital, which is weak in Afar.”
Rural Institutions and Producer Organizations in Imperfect Markets: Experiences from Producer Marketing Groups in Semi-Arid Eastern Kenya.Socioeconomics and Policy Working Paper Series no. 23 (2006, background): “…and incomplete property rights impede the functioning of markets, market players fail to undertake profitable investments (due to the absence of complementary investments) leading to coordination failures that hinder market functions (Dorward et al. 2003; Dorward et al. 2005; Poulton et al. 2006).”
Rural livelihood diversification and agricultural household welfare in Ghana (2011, background): “Changes in the portfolio of assets, their productivity and the extent to which households have access to them are the attributes that are critical in determining livelihood diversification and ultimately household welfare (Dorward et al., 2003).”
Implications of market and coordination failures for rural development in least developed countries (2004, background): “Figure 4 (from Dorward et al. 2003) provides a simple and highly stylised representation of this.”
Hanging in, stepping up and stepping out: livelihood aspirations and strategies of the poor (2009, unknown): “…this thinking links with understandings of relationships between wider economic growth and poverty reduction, and understandings of institutions and policies affecting both economic growth and its impacts on poverty reduction (North 1995; Dorward et al. 2003: 319–32; Rodrik et al. 2004:131–65).”
An analysis of institutional and technical factors influencing agricultural marketing amongst smallholder farmers in the Kat River Valley, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa (2009, background): “It follows that market participation is important amongst smallholder farmers because households derive benefits such as income and open opportunities for rural employment (Dorward et al., 2003; Machethe, 2004).”
Are Alternative Livelihood Projects Alleviating Poverty in Mining Communities? Experiences from Ghana (2009, background): “Officers do little in the way of ‘promoting such development, particularly [with helping to identify] development paths that will involve and benefit the poor’ (Dorward et al., 2003: 323): few of the AL projects implemented in Ghana’s mining regions are monitored and/or supported after their launch.”
Farmer organization, collective action and market access in Meso-America: (2009, background): “Making markets work for the poor One of the criticisms of the conceptualization and application of livelihood approaches to development thinking is the lack of emphasis on markets and their roles in livelihood development and poverty reduction (Dorward et al. 2003).”
Identifying determinants, pressures and trade-offs of crop residue use in mixed smallholder farms in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia (2015, background): “Functional market linkages can reward farmers’ investments into crops and livestock, and positive feedback loops can contribute enhancing overall system productivity (Dorward et al., 2003; Homann-Kee Tui et al., 2013).”