Measuring Livelihoods and Environmental Dependence: Methods for Research and Fieldwork Contributor(s): Angelsen, Arild (Editor), Overgaard Larsen, Helle (Editor), Smith Olsen, Carsten (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1849711321 ISBN-13: 9781849711326 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Forestry - Business & Economics | International - Economics - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development |
Dewey: 001.433 |
LCCN: 2010047736 |
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (1.3 lbs) 288 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Thousands of surveys on rural livelihoods in developing countries are being done every year. Unfortunately, many suffer from weaknesses in methods and problems in implementation. Quantifying households' dependence on multiple environmental resources (forests, bush, grasslands and rivers) is particularly difficult and often simply ignored in the surveys. The results therefore do not reflect rural realities. In particular, 'the hidden harvest' from natural resources is generally too important to livelihoods for development research, policies and practice to ignore. Fieldwork using state-of-the-art methods, and in particular well-designed household questionnaires, thus becomes an imperative to adequately capture key dimensions of rural welfare. This book describes how to do a better job when designing and implementing household and village surveys for quantitative assessment of rural livelihoods in developing countries. It covers the entire research process from planning to sharing research results. It draws on the experiences from a large global-comparative project, the Poverty Environment Network (PEN), to develop more robust and validated methods, enriched by numerous practical examples from the field. The book will provide an invaluable guide to methods and a practical handbook for students and professionals. |