INSTITUTIONS FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT 1 Rapid guide for missions Analysing local institutions and livelihoods GUIDELINES by Alice Stewart Carloni Senior Rural Sociologist FAO Investment Centre Division under the technical guidance of Eve Crowley Senior Officer (Rural Livelihood Strategies and Poverty Alleviation) FAO Rural Institutions and Participation Service
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Rome, 2005
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Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Module 1 - Livelihoods, poverty and institutions

Module 2 - Rapid livelihood and institutional diagnosis for missions

Module 3 - Regional and district institutional profiles

Module 4 - Community profile

Module 5 - Understanding household livelihoods

Module 6 - Understanding community institutions

Module 7 - Analysis of linkages

Module 8 - Using the Information

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