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Exploring sustainable livelihoods approaches in relation to two interventions in Tanzania
Author(s) -
Toner Anna
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of international development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1328
pISSN - 0954-1748
DOI - 10.1002/jid.1030
Subject(s) - livelihood , tanzania , sustainability , psychological intervention , context (archaeology) , sustainable development , intervention (counseling) , business , environmental resource management , environmental planning , political science , economics , geography , psychology , agriculture , ecology , archaeology , psychiatry , law , biology
Abstract Whilst sustainable livelihoods ‘thinking’ is potentially valuable in advancing our understanding of the complexity and socially embedded nature of people's lives, sustainable livelihoods frameworks and principles are too eager to codify this complexity and to produce toolboxes and techniques to change the internal management of development interventions. Drawing on research in Tanzania, this paper offers an analysis of two interventions that apply aspects of sustainable livelihoods approaches (SLA). Whilst both interventions demonstrate much good practice, both are fundamentally limited in their potential for sustainable impact. This paper demonstrates the importance of the external context within which an intervention exists and explores some of the limitations faced by development agencies in trying to ‘manage’ sustainability. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.