This book is concerned with the question of how people in developing countries survive, and how their lives have been affected by the great changes since the Se

Enthusiasm amongst international development agencies about harnessing the potential of information and communications technologies (ICTs) for development has g

Sustainable Livelihoods and Rural Development looks at the role of social institutions and the politics of policy, as well as issues of identity, gender and gen

Seasonality is a severe constraint to sustainable rural livelihoods and a driver of poverty and hunger, particularly in the tropics. Many poor people in develop

For centuries, new technologies and expanding networks of production and consumption have been changing the face of rural economies in significant ways. Million