Introduction The more we learn about the interaction between HIV/AIDS and livelihoods, the more complex the picture seems to become. Although we must avoid paralysis in the face of such complexity, we must also be humble about our perceptions. We must look closely at the local context and the diverse external factors in addition to HIV and AIDS that constrain households and livelihoods at any g...

Coastal tourism development can appropriately contribute to the livelihood of community. To date, few studies have been conducted on impacts coastal communities in Thailand. This study assessed these through analysis local perceptions based four criteria development—the economic, environmental, social, and cultural impacts—using a five-point Likert scale. A survey 116 households (HHs) was at Ch...

Climate exerts a profound influence on the lives of rural populations, particularly the rural poor, who depend on agriculture for livelihood and sustenance, who are unprotected against climate-related diseases, who lack secure access to water and food, and who are vulnerable to hydrometeorological hazard. Climate shocks such as drought and flooding lead not only to loss of life, but also long-t...

In conflict-affected situations, aid-funded livelihood interventions are often tasked with a dual imperative: to generate material welfare benefits and to contribute to peacebuilding outcomes. There may be some logic to such a transformative agenda, but does the reality square with the rhetoric? Through a review of the effectiveness of a range of livelihood promotion interventions--from job cre...

OBJECTIVE To report Aboriginal communities' views of how prolonged drought in rural NSW has affected their social and emotional well-being, and of possible adaptive strategies. DESIGN Content analysis of issues, priorities and adaptive strategies raised in semistructured community forums. SETTING Rural centres across NSW. PARTICIPANTS Aboriginal people, service providers and other stakeho...

Objective: To report Aboriginal communities’ views of how prolonged drought in rural NSW has affected their social and emotional well-being, and of possible adaptive strategies. Design: Content analysis of issues, priorities and adaptive strategies raised in semistructured community forums. Setting: Rural centres across NSW. Participants: Aboriginal people, service providers and other stakehold...

The northern Central Plateau of Burkina Faso has been the site of extensive development assistance since the1980s. Thousands of hectares of degraded land have been rehabilitated through investments in Soil andWater Conservation (SWC) techniques. Comprehensive assessments of these projects have documented theirbeneficial impacts. This study extends these insights to consider the effe...