Lead Researcher(s): Prof Dr Ulrike Müller-Böker, Dr Babar Shahbaz, Dr Sagar Raj Sharma
Involved Researcher(s): Nirmal Kumar BK
Brief Description: Studying resource-scarce areas in South Asia and East Africa, this research project seeks to identify new livelihood strategies for groups vulnerable to exclusion, particularly strategies that diminish reliance on natural resources. Special attention is given to the governing institutional context in order to reveal ways of supporting equity-effective institutions. This research is being conducted in coordination of South Asia Office of the NCCR North-South (hosted by NCCR) with the funding obtained from Swiss National Science Foundation and Swiss Agency for Development Co-operation, and is managed by Development Study Group, Department of Geography, University of Zurich.
