An introduction to socio-economic and gender
analysis for livestock
Jemimah Njuki
Team Leader: Poverty, Gender and Impact
FAO-ILRI Workshop on Integrating Gender in Livestock Projects and Programs,
ILRI, Addis Ababa, 22-25 November 2011

Socio-Economic and Gender
Analysis: Why
• To understand the key gender and socio-
economic issues in livestock production
and marketing
• To factor in these into project and
program design in order to have impact
on different socio-economic and gender
groups
• To design projects /programs that
address these issues

Socio-Economic and Gender
Analysis: What
Step 1: Project Identification and Preparation
1. Development Context Analysis
Environmental Economic Macro
Socio-cultural Political Meso
Institutional Micro

2. Livelihood Analysis
The sustainable livelihoods framework
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Vulnerability
Context
Shocks S N Policies Livelihood Livelihood
Seasonality The Poor influence Institutions Strategies Outcomes
Trends Processes
Changes
P F

3. Stakeholder Analysis
• Primary stakeholders: the direct beneficiaries
or target of the intervention.
• Secondary stakeholders: indirect beneficiaries
can be both important and influential; they
may be directly involved in the project and are
integral to success.
• Supporting stakeholders. These are generally
institutional stakeholders, such as government
research and extension services
• External Stakeholders: Donors

Socio-Economic and Gender
Analysis: When
• Before project design
• Through the whole project cycle

Socio-Economic and Gender
Analysis: Then what?
• Step2: Project design
• Step 3: Project Implementation
• Step 4: Monitoring and Evaluation