Unit 1 Conceptualising Development

Which of the following is clearly not true?

	a)	The livelihoods framework examines not only how vulnerable the poor are at any given point in time, but also at the strategies that people adopt to reduce their vulnerability.
	b)	Rural livelihood strategies affect the security of individuals through their impact on income, income stability, risk, and seasonality.
	c)	Interventions that change institutions and organisations are one way in which governments can increase the assets of the poor and the returns to those assets.
	d)	Trends and shocks do not have a direct impact on people's livelihood assets.
Correct: they can have a very direct impact; for example, when a flood destroys physical and natural capital, or when the long-term decline in a commodity's price forces people to sell the assets they use to produce that commodityIncorrectYour answer has been saved.

Livelihood strategies can be examined from the perspective of households or individuals.

	a)	True
	b)	False
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Livelihood analysis can safely assume that households act as a single, unified decision-making unit.

	a)	True
	b)	False
CorrectIncorrect: the strategies and goals of women in the household are often different from those of menYour answer has been saved.