Conceptual and methodological challenges in the study of livelihood trajectories: case-studies in Eastern India and Western Nepal

D. K. Bagchi, Piers Blaikie, John Cameron, M. Chattopadhyay, N. Gyawali and David Seddon
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D. K. Bagchi: Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Calcutta, India, Postal: Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Calcutta, India
Piers Blaikie: School of Development Studies|Overseas Development Group (DEV|ODG), University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, Postal: School of Development Studies|Overseas Development Group (DEV|ODG), University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
John Cameron: School of Development Studies|Overseas Development Group (DEV|ODG), University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, Postal: School of Development Studies|Overseas Development Group (DEV|ODG), University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
M. Chattopadhyay: Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Calcutta, India, Postal: Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Calcutta, India
N. Gyawali: ActionAid, Nepal, Postal: ActionAid, Nepal
David Seddon: School of Development Studies|Overseas Development Group (DEV|ODG), University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, Postal: School of Development Studies|Overseas Development Group (DEV|ODG), University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

Journal of International Development, 1998, vol. 10, issue 4, 453-468

Abstract: The objective of this paper is to discuss the conceptual and methodological challenges posed by Livelihood Trajectory (LT) research. The discussion concludes that the LT approach forces inclusiveness, both conceptual (respect for multiple disciplines and development paradigms) and methodological (use of both quantitative and qualitative techniques). The LT approach also demands a great respect for context, including that of the research process itself, embedded as it always is within a distinctive set of constraints-social, cultural, political and financial. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1328(199806)10:4<453::AID-JID538>3.0.CO;2-Q

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