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1. Course Description

It is increasingly realized that one of the major developmental challenges is promoting and supporting a large number of livelihoods that can enable poverty reduction. There is a demand for a new cadre of livelihood professionals in rural areas serving government, civil society and the private sectors. This course seeks to provide students with an opportunity to equip themselves with the knowledge, skills and practices to promote livelihood options for the rural poor.

2. Student Learning Outcomes: At the end of this course, the learners will be able to:

· Develop a basic understanding on the concept and approaches of livelihoods
· Understand the different livelihood strategies adopted by people and institutions working with the poor in farm and non-farm sectors.
· Use different tools and techniques to assess livelihood options and design livelihoods interventions.

3. Required Text Books and Reading Material

The key text that would be used for the course is
Sankar Datta, Vijay Mahajan, Gitali Thakur. Eds. A resource book for livelihood promotion. 3rd edn. 2009. Hyderabad: The Livelihood School.

Apart from this relevant resource material such as State of India’s Livelihoods ( SOIL) report: 2008- 2011 and articles will be used. A handbook of livelihood sources will be provided to students before the course, however students are encouraged to read widely from library resources and internet sources such as http://www.eldis.org/go/topics/dossiers/livelihoods-connect

4. Tentative Session Plan*

Module	Session	Contents	Suggested Readings
Basics of livelihoods	1-2	-Context- poverty - meaning of livelihoods - definition of livelihoods	Livelihoods of rural poor ( SOIL 2008 report) Robert Chambers and Gordon R. Conway: Sustainable Rural Livelihoods: practical concepts for the 21st Century
Livelihood strategies	3	- Livelihood portfolio of rural poor -Agriculture, Migration, Diversification - Sectoral Approaches in Livelihoods	Ian Scoones: Sustainable Rural Livelihoods: A Framework for Analysis Types of livelihood interventions. A resource book for livelihood promotion
Sustainable Livelihood Approaches	4-5	- sustainable livelihood principles - livelihood frameworks	DFID: Sustainable Livelihoods Guidance Sheets
Livelihood Promotion	6-8	L livelihood promotion by different agencies - major livelihood programmes in India - challenges in livelihood promotion	Case studies of various organizations (Experiences of livelihood promotion. Learning from the field- the Livelihood school) SOIL reports
Livelihood mapping	9-10	Tools and techniques for livelihood mapping and sub sector analysis	Tools developed by various livelihood promoting agencies (guest lectures by TLS)

* subject to minor changes

5. Evaluation

Assignments and quiz: 25%
Participation in Learning: 10 %
Mapping Livelihoods (Group Project): 30 %
End Term Exam: 35 %

The Group project is to be carried out by students in the villages during their RLLE and is to be submitted on Nov 24th .

6. Academic Integrity

Students are encouraged to meet and discuss faculty but advised not to bring leave applications for signatures and request absence from classes. Students are expected to source materials appropriately and avoid penalization.

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