Livelihood Analysis & Institutional Analysis

The concept of “sustainable livelihood” is increasingly important in the development debate. Members of the E-Link Consult Ltd have vast experience in undertake livelihood and gender analysis by considering some of the practical, methodological and operational implications of a sustainable livelihood approach.

Institutions refer to cultural values, legal frameworks, market mechanisms and political processes: the rules of the game’. E-link Consult team prior to embarking into any interventions on the ground normally performs institutional analysis with the aim of identifying key stakeholders to be engaged in various development initiatives. Institutional analysis can play a role at almost any stage in the development of pro-poor interventions but will particular relevance depending on when it is deployed.