Presentation by Lucho Osorio from Practical Action, at the Sustainable Livelihoods Approaches (SLA) seminar on 26th January 2011 at the Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, UK.
7. Some convergences Importance of institutions Links micro and macro Holistic approach Dynamic Strengths rather than needs Importance of sustainability
8. Some divergences SLA Community-centric Impact on community Micro - macro Livelihood strategies: source of sustainability Social/environmental Rural development M4P System-centric Impact on system Meso – Macro System as the source Economic/financial Sectoral/subsectoral development
14. Where are things going? Impact assessment IA that embraces complexity & indirect causal links Skills and attitudes of field practitioners To become effective facilitators Collaboration NGOs, donors and private investors Facilitation-friendly principles and rules
15. Where are things going? Sustainable growth How can it be achieved? Gender What is the role of and impact on women? Cultural and social norms How to understand and use them?
16. Where are things going? Diffusion of innovation Applications and implications Learning systems Processes, institutions and agents “Endogenous” facilitation How to build capacity of market actors Extreme poverty and vulnerability “Stretching” markets & non-markets strategies
17. Thanks a lot For more information: http://practicalaction.org/aim2 Just google “mafi” + “markets” Or contact Lucho at: luis.osorio@practicalaction.org.uk MaFI
Editor's Notes
Summary prepared by Susan Johnson, researcher and professor at Bath University. Expert in microfinance and development
Different approaches within the M4P field: lead firms, core functions, market map, value chain, participatory, etc…
This convergence is not so much a sign of anongoing process of selection of good practice in two separated fields; it is an indication of the legacy that SLA have made to development thinking and practice.
From control to flowFrom power to engagementFrom project management to process facilitationFrom delivery to creation of conditionsFrom baking the cake to helping others bake it
Now that I have shown the tectonic shifts in thinking and practice, let’s see how these are influencing thinking and practice in SLAM4P