Adopting a Sustainable Livelihoods approach to water projects: implications for policy and practice
2000
A. Nicol
This paper has three elements. Firstly, the study investigates the pre-eminence of a health-based view within thewater and sanitation sector. Secondly, the paper also analyses water in the context of poor households. In doing so it uses the SustainableLivelihoods (SL) framework as an analytical tool. Thirdly, the paper assesses the operational and theoretical implications of adopting a SL approach.The paper recommends that: water should be treated as an asset and a good institutional development should be more closely linked to developing social capital to benefit the poorest members of communities and to assist in their access toand communication with 'institutions' responsible for supply development a better understanding the role knowledge plays in poor households' decision-making over water access is crucial to understanding their wider decision-making acquiring and disseminating knowledge as part of project development is essential to building up a long-term picture of how livelihoods are enhanced by using a SL lens within the water sector
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