Abstract
Currently, sustainable livelihood approach has been getting attention than conventional approach for poverty minimization for the reason that conventional approach considered as narrow focused. The sustainable livelihood approach is framed in complex manner subsumed different dimensions and elements where poverty, livelihoods, institutions, and community are the critical. Thus, this papers aims to examine the critical linkages among between poverty, livelihoods, institutions, and community development in context of sustainable livelihoods framework. To address the objective of study, descriptive research design and qualitative research approach applied. The study demonstrates that poverty, livelihoods, institutions, and community development are influencing one another, but institutions either formal or informal are vital because they influences directly or indirectly access to livelihood resources, community development, livelihood strategy, and, in due course, the scope for sustainable livelihood outcomes. Keywords: Poverty; livelihood; institutions; community development; sustainable livelihood approach DOI: 10.7176/PPAR/10-6-02 Publication date: June 30th 2020
Highlights
Nowadays, the concepts of Sustainable Livelihood (SL) approaches have been getting more attention than conventional approaches for poverty reduction
To understand the complex and differentiated processes through which livelihoods constructed, it is imperative to analyze how the poverty, livelihood, institutions, and community development interrelate and influence one another in order to identify those issues of subject areas where an intervention could be strategically important for effective poverty reduction
Unsuccessful livelihood outcomes consequence into include food and income insecurity, high vulnerability to shocks, loss of assets and impoverishment that escalates the depth and intensity of poverty (Messer, N., & Townsely, P., 2003, p. 8)
Summary
The concepts of Sustainable Livelihood (SL) approaches have been getting more attention than conventional approaches for poverty reduction. The benefits of livelihoods thinking and approaches are widely have been getting recognition for the reason that it stresses the various factors and processes that either disenable or enable poor people in owning claim and access of assets using their capabilities of living in an economically, ecologically, and socially sustainable manner. SL brings attention to bear on the inherent potential of people in terms of their skills, social networks, and access to physical and financial resources, and ability to influence core institutions To understand the complex and differentiated processes through which livelihoods constructed, it is imperative to analyze how the poverty, livelihood, institutions, and community development interrelate and influence one another in order to identify those issues of subject areas where an intervention could be strategically important for effective poverty reduction
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