Search for dissertations about: "Rural livelihood"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 42 swedish dissertations containing the words Rural livelihood.

  2. 6. Rural Income Diversification, Employment, and Differentiation in Kenya and Implications for Rural Change

    Author : Maria Fibaek; Ekonomisk utveckling i det globala Syd; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Rural Development; Income Diversification; Differentiation; Agrarian Political Economy; Kenya;

    Abstract : To contribute to contemporary rural development debates, the present thesis conducts a contextual analysis of rural development using Kenya as a case study from the colonial era to today. To perform the analysis, two critical trends in rural Africa are focused on: socioeconomic differentiation and rural income diversification, with a particular focus on large-scale farm employment. READ MORE

  4. 7. Rural Livelihood Options for "a better and more sustainable future". Local perspectives from Myanmar and Morocco

    Author : Laura Kmoch; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Rural Livelihoods; Cluster Analysis; Technology Adoption; Swidden Farming; Agroforestry; Climate Adaptation; Remittances; Local Agroecological Knowledge;

    Abstract : In 2015, state leaders adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, to address global inequalities and respond to heightened concern about challenges, arising from contemporary global change. This thesis contributes to addressing these challenges, by extending the knowledge base that rural development stakeholders can draw on to co-construct viable livelihood options for vulnerable rural people. READ MORE

  5. 8. Survival Options, Processes of Change and Structural Transformation : Livelihood diversification among smallholder households in rural Sub-Saharan Africa

    Author : Sarah Harriet Alobo Loison; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; household economics; livelihood diversification; development; structural transformation;

    Abstract : The overall objective of this thesis is to understand the role of diversification at household level, its patterns, determinants and effects on rural smallholder farmers in SSA, as well as its implications for the process of structural transformation in SSA. In the thesis, I use a mixed methodology and combine different types of data on rural smallholders in SSA to answer the objectives a review of previous literature, empirical data from quantitative surveys and qualitative fieldwork. READ MORE

  6. 9. Drawing a Livelihoodscape from the Slum : Towards a spatial understanding of gendered livelihoods in Zambia

    Author : Cecilia Fåhraeus; Sofia Cele; Peeter Maandi; Ann Grubbström; Katherine Gough; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Slum; Livelihood; Gender; Zambia; Urban Theory; Translocal; Africa; Social and Economic Geography; Kulturgeografi;

    Abstract : The overarching aim of the thesis was to draw a livelihoodscape from the slum. The questions guiding this endeavour were: Where do slum dwellers carry out their livelihood activities and how can these spatial livelihood patterns be understood? This involved outlining how livelihoods emerged from and interacted with the slum; following how they detached themselves and unfolded further in urban space; and finally, how they transcended the urban territory and migrated onwards to translocal destinations. READ MORE

  7. 10. Getting Ready for Life : Life Strategies of Town Youth in Mozambique and Tanzania

    Author : Linda Helgesson; Gunnar Malmberg; Aina Tollefsen; Nora Räthzel; Katherine Gough; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Youth; life strategies; qualitative research; development geography; Tanzania; Mozambique.; livelihood; education; mobility; urbanisation; town; vulnerability; Human geography; Kulturgeografi;

    Abstract : The aim of this dissertation is to explore how and under what conditions life strategies of young men and women unfold in the towns of Masasi in southern Tanzania and Montepuez in northern Mozambique. These towns are located in regions which in their national contexts are perceived as peripheral and rural. READ MORE