RPE

Meeting: Productive Strategies for Poor Rural Households to Participate Successfully in Global Economic Processes, 17-18 May 2006, Dakar, SNMeeting: Stratégies productives développées par les ménages pauvres pour participer efficacement aux processus économiques globaux, 17-18 mai 2006, Dakar, SNThis report combines results of a regional scan focusing on the Sahel belt of West Africa and a more in-depth country study focusing on Senegal. The aim is to prepare an agenda of priority research for the IDRC Rural Poverty and Environment Programme Initiative (RPE) towards the development of networks, partnerships and communities of practices, in order to enhance livelihoods of the poor, including those living in fragile or degraded uplands and coastal ecosystems. Results of the scan are organized as tables, with column headings throughout: Key Findings; Views of local stakeholders; Comments and analysis; New narrative