ABSTRACT
The concept of livelihoods is now common currency in development planning and debate. A number of livelihood models are usefully summarized by Carney et al (1999). They all agree that the livelihoods concept has social, cultural and political dimensions, as well as material ones. Beyond physical assets, nutrition, health, production, consumption and other tangible components, livelihoods comprise social networks, institutional frameworks, human rights, skills, abilities, religious values and duties – to name a few.
