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The term Sustainable Livelihoods (SL) has been used as a concept, a frame-work of analysis and a strategy that focuses on human lives and the structures that shape people’s well-being. This brief chapter, written from my location in the Global South, traces its emergence and suggests that gender concerns be brought more explicitly into the SL approach.
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Krishna, S. (2012). Redefining Sustainable Livelihoods. In: Harcourt, W. (eds) Women Reclaiming Sustainable Livelihoods. Gender, Development and Social Change series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137022349_2
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