TY - JOUR
T1 - Platforms for institutional change
T2 - assessing the potential of livelihood enhancement groups as community entry points in Zambia
AU - Mulungu, Kelvin
AU - Madzudzo, Elias
AU - Adjei-Nsiah, Samuel
AU - Akatama, Mulani
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2017/8/18
Y1 - 2017/8/18
N2 - To address the livelihood problems faced by the poor and vulnerable in Northern Province of Zambia, a novel collective action approach called livelihoods enhancement groups (LEGs) was used as a platform for facilitating research on development initiatives to generate change. Using focus group discussions and key informant interviews, this article assesses the potential of using the LEGs approach in generating change. The livelihood changes observed arose with the LEG as a platform through which different knowledge nodes interacted. Livelihood areas that LEGs affected included crop production, livestock production, nutrition, and access to credit.
AB - To address the livelihood problems faced by the poor and vulnerable in Northern Province of Zambia, a novel collective action approach called livelihoods enhancement groups (LEGs) was used as a platform for facilitating research on development initiatives to generate change. Using focus group discussions and key informant interviews, this article assesses the potential of using the LEGs approach in generating change. The livelihood changes observed arose with the LEG as a platform through which different knowledge nodes interacted. Livelihood areas that LEGs affected included crop production, livestock production, nutrition, and access to credit.
KW - Civil society–Participation
KW - Environment (built and natural)–Agriculture
KW - Labour and livelihoods–Microfinance
KW - Sub-Saharan Africa
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85027174693&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09614524.2017.1340434
DO - 10.1080/09614524.2017.1340434
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85027174693
SN - 0961-4524
VL - 27
SP - 839
EP - 850
JO - Development in Practice
JF - Development in Practice
IS - 6
ER -