Catherine Butcher

111 Carr Road Sheffield S6 2WY UK

Tel: +44 (0)114 234 3059 Fax: +44 (0)114 285 4006 Email: CB@socialdev.co.uk or cathkhor@aol.com

Personal Information

Nationality: British
Date of Birth: 21/10/56

experience

Synopsis

Catherine Butcher has 30 years working experience in social development and resource management.

Employment and consultancy work has covered project planning, preparation, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation and has included social and environmental impact assessment, gender, poverty and livelihoods analysis and involved a range of agencies including DFID, EU, African Development Bank, World Bank, Countryside Agency (UK), DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK). Employment and Trustee positions have developed experience of a range of NGOs including WWF, Oxfam and VillageAid.

Catherine has developed social analysis frameworks for use in the UK, Zambia, Cameroon, Tanzania, Nepal and Kenya, has carried out social impact and poverty assessment studies in the UK, Ethiopia, Ghana, Namibia and Zambia. Social analyses in Namibia, Zambia, Yemen and Ethiopia have looked at aspects of gender in particular. She has particular experience of conducting impact assessments in relation to transport and roads.

M&E experience has included the development of, or the enabling others to build, M&E frameworks for use across a variety of different contexts in Zambia, the UK, Ghana, Cameroon, Nepal and Yemen. Experience also includes the collection of baseline data, the development of indicators and the carrying out of a number of evaluations.

Details of specific areas of expertise are given below.

Social, Gender and Poverty Analysis

In enhancing design and implementation at project, programme and strategic levels, CB has experience in consultation, participation, research, communication and dissemination in areas relating to sustainable livelihoods, rights based and community-driven development approaches. Using a range of methods including workshops, PRA, focus group/semi-structured interviews and quantitative surveys, work has included:

· Poverty, Vulnerability and Social Impact Assessment

Income-related and non-income related poverty

Impact of HIV/AIDS

Impact assessment of infrastructure development, particularly that relating to transport

· Rights-based approaches

· Livelihoods Analysis

· Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA)

· Stakeholder analysis.

· Gender analysis

· Identification of:

resource use by various sectors of the community

access/barriers to services and resources by various sectors of the community

resource-poor/vulnerable households and individuals

individual and community priorities and constraints

· Analysis of results using a range of methodologies including quantitative and qualitative statistical techniques, geographical information systems and computer models.

· Presentation of results using appropriate formats and media to a range of audiences from village communities to policy makers.

· The use of quantitative and qualitative information in planning at a range of levels: from community-level projects with and by communities to strategic planning at national level.

· Training in and implementation of quantitative, qualitative and participatory methods including participatory M&E.

As part of impact assessments of proposed roads in Ethiopia, Zambia and Namibia, travel patterns and the role of transport in men and women’s livelihoods were analysed. Development of baseline indicators included those relating to men’s and women’s travel needs, income sources, social capital and perceptions of influence within and outside the home,

Monitoring and Evaluation

CB has developed or enabled others to develop a number of M&E frameworks for use across a variety of different contexts. Examples include the following:

1) Zambia Social Investment Fund (ZAMSIF) – development of a participatory M&E system for use throughout the programme

2) The collection of baseline data on HIV/AIDS, transport use and livelihoods before the construction of a major road and bridge crossing in Ethiopia

3) WWF’s livelihoods and advocacy work – development of an M&E framework to monitor and evaluate effects on livelihoods

4) Development of a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (UK) waste minimisation and recycling;

5) Evaluation of a Global Partnership Agreement (PPA) between DFID and WWF UK

6) Yemen: Training in logframes to monitor internal and international trade

As part of the the work for ZAMSIF PM&E , she led a multi-disciplinary team to develop a PM&E framework capable of adaptation at a number of levels – national, local authority and community. In a subsequent end of project evaluation in which CB was responsible for evaluating outcomes of ZAMSIF work on at community and evaluation level. The evaluation of the use of funds for support to People Living with HIV/AIDS and HIV/AIDS prevention/ mitigation was a significant component of the evaluation.

As part of the collection of baseline data in Ethiopia, quantitative and qualitative survey methods were used in potentially sensitive areas including HIV/AIDS and decision-making in the home and the community.

In the UK, she has played a central role within a small team of four in developing systems of M&E for the Department of Environment and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) waste minimisation and recycling fund (commonly known as the £140 million fund) for use with local authorities across England. This involved in-depth consultation with DEFRA staff, Local Authorities and their community partners to assess their needs in terms of M&E and in terms of training for implementation. As part of the work with DEFRA, she worked closely with counterparts and specialists, and built the capacity of DEFRA to analyse and act on programme data, to develop better policy and to roll-out M&E improvement more broadly.

Training and capacity building

CB has been involved in training and capacity building in Nigeria, Cameroon, Malawi, Ethiopia, Ghana, Zambia and Tanzania, has been involved in short course delivery at the University of Wales and until recently has trained on a regular basis for Voluntary Service Overseas in the UK. She is an experienced workshop facilitator. Work has included:

· Monitoring and evaluation systems

· Livelihoods approaches and methods

· Gender analysis

· Governance issues

· Public consultation

· Quantitative and qualitative survey techniques and analysis

· Introduction and training in use of Logical Frameworks to assist design and monitoring.

· Programme design/reorganisation to allow greater inclusion of participatory methodology.

· Facilitation of community organisations to manage infrastructure implementation and maintenance.

Employment

· Associate, Senior Associate of GY Associates and Independent Consultant. 1999 - present date.

Specialist consultant in social development and environmental/resource management and governance. Details of individual assignments are given under Consultancy below.

· Department for International Development (DfID): 1994 - 1998.
Job title: Rural Development Adviser/Eastern Technical Co-ordinator/Technical Co-operation Officer

A multi-disciplinary conservation programme supported by the Government of Cameroon, EU, GTZ, WWF and DfID in and around Korup National Park, a 300,000 ha area of rain forest protected area and buffer zone in Southwest Cameroon. CB was responsible for planning rural development initiatives in the Eastern Sector of the programme leading to a programme of natural resource management committee development to improve local governance vis-à-vis resource management, income generating activities as an alternative to hunting and small-scale infrastructure support. The use of PRA and RRA was used to increase knowledge of people's livelihoods, household expenditures and incomes, historical trends in livelihood strategies, development of marketing and credit facilities and in the selection of “best bet” opportunities differentiated by gender and socio-economic status with government staff, individuals and local communities. A monitoring and evaluation system was implemented using indicators generated by key stakeholders including local people.

· Overseas Development Institute, London: 1993 - 1994.
Job title: Editor

Working within the Pastoral Development Network Group, responsibilities included editing papers and producing a newsletter for a world-wide readership. Papers were published on a range of topics including social anthropology, ecology, institution building and animal production. CB undertook independent research into pastoralist institutions and constraints and potential for institution building and governance within arid and semi-arid environments.

· Oxfam (Campaigns and Fund-raising): 1992 - 1993.
Job title: Volunteer Co-ordinator in Campaigns and Fund-raising section

Running of local campaigns on development issues and co-ordination of volunteers in the Sheffield area.

· Macaulay Land Use Research Institute: 1989 - 1992
Job title: Higher Scientific Officer/Land Use modeller

Development of a farm model to estimate crop, tree and livestock yields and used to explore the social, economic and environmental consequences of government policy and land use change in the British uplands.

· Overseas Development Administration: 1984 - 1988.
Job title: Livestock Extension Project Leader/Technical Co-operation Officer

Management of a programme to support farmers and particularly women farmers, in small livestock keeping in Southern Tanzania. The Project team included Government of Tanzania staff and a small team of volunteers (VSO).

· Ministry of Livestock, Tanzania and Voluntary Service Overseas: 1981 - 1983.
Job title: Development Officer

Extension programme for expanding small livestock production through provision of training material and establishment of a centre to produce animals for sale.

· Tropical Products Institute and University of Reading: 1977 – 1981.
Job title: Experimental Assistant

As part of a team, CB designed and analysed nutrition trials on the use of tropical by-products by livestock.

· Highlands and Islands Development Board/Hill Farming Research Organisation: 1977.

Employed to rear red deer calves and assist with sheep nutrition trials.

consultancy

· April 2011 and on-going until September 2011. Development and collection of data for round 4 of the Woreda and City Benchmarking Survey, Ethiopia. For details see Round 3 below.

· August 2010 to December 2010. WWF-UK. An evaluation of WWF-UK and DFID’s Partnership Programme Agreement (PPA). This has involved carrying out an external assessment of progress towards impact, changes in partners’ values, institutional space provided through the agreement and appropriateness of organisational structure for achieving progress towards impacts. An overall Results Framework using DAC/OECD criteria was used to frame the evaluation. Particular focus was given to assessing shared values between WWF and DFID in relation to action to reduce poverty.

· October 2009 until July 2010. World Bank. Development and collection of data for round 3 of the Woreda and City Benchmarking Survey, Ethiopia. The aim of this national survey is to look at measures of local governance and service quality. It involves a number of supply-side and demand-side instruments for data collection against governance indicators with woreda-level and city governments and citizens. CB was primarily responsible for demand-side, qualitative instruments and emphasis was given to citizen perception of service quality and citizen involvement. 70 Focus Group Discussions were conducted with women, youth and men throughout Ethiopia and results analysed according to gender of participants.

· December 2009 - March 2010. International Organisation Development, Performance Assessment Centre. M&E scoping study and training support for EIF (Expanded Intergrated Framework) countries. The EIF Core Agencies include the World Bank Group, IMF, International Trade Centre, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, UNDP and WTO. CB was responsible for support to the Government of Yemen.

· February 2008 to October 2009. International Organisation Development, Performance Assessment Centre and DfID. Case Study Development Co-ordinator as part of Research into Use programme commissioned to capitalise on the achievements of DFID’s past and current research in renewable natural resources. This work involves developing a case study of research into tsetse and trypansosomiasis in northern Uganda and its route to impact. CB’s specific role is to act as team coordinator, provide social development expertise and conduct a series of quantitative and qualitative surveys looking at perceptions of human and health services provided and individual understanding of the disease.

· March 2009. GYA. Desk study reviewing examples of international good practice in the collection of gender-sensitive and qualitative governance data, and indicators of good governance of particular relevance to Ethiopia.

· June 2008 to February 2009. Social Fund for Development (SFD), Yemen. Team leader and Gender Specialist to assist SFD in the up-dating of its Guidelines for Operations, development of an Orientation Handbook and the incorporation of a gender perspective into both documents. This involved two visits to Yemen to understand the Yemeni working context, a series of consultative workshops across the country and the development of a number of alternative options for the Social Fund.

· August 2008 to September 2008. TripleLine Consulting and DfID. Appriasal of rights-based proposals to DfID’s Civil Society Challenge Fund. As in 2007, this work involved assessing funding applications from civil society organisations to assess how well they met DfID’s rights-based and other criteria, appraising submitted logical frameworks and deciding which proposals were suitable for funding. The appraisals involved two stages: concept note appraisal and appraisals of full proposals.

· April 2008 – May 2008. WWF-UK. Team leader for internal review of WWF livelihoods work in Eastern Himalalyas working with a team of livelihoods advisers from Bhutan, Nepal, India and UK to assess WWF’s position vis-à-vis livelihoods and develop 2 case studies in India and Nepal.

· October 2007 to November 2007. TripleLine Consulting and DfID. Appriasal of rights-based proposals to DfID’s Civil Society Challenge Fund. This work involved assessing funding applications to assess how well they met DfID’s rights-based and other criteria, appraising submitted logical frameworks and deciding which proposals were suitable for funding.

· September 2007 to October 2007. World Bank. Commissioned to produce a paper entitled “Understanding the role of informal organisations in social accountability in Ethiopia”. The paper discussed the range of informal organisations active in Ethiopia, developed a number of case studies illustrating their interactions with local and national government and highlighted a number of opportunities for increased social responsibility through enhanced working relationships.

· January 2007 and July 2007. ITAD/World Bank/ Zambia Social Investment Fund. Evaluation of the Zambia Social Investment Fund. The evaluation provided evidence of progress or otherwise in the following areas: Zambia Social Investment Fund (ZAMSIF) activities on access and quality of basic social services including support for the prevention and mitigation of HIV/AIDS, the provision of rural roads in beneficiary areas; awareness of rights; ZAMSIF activities on local government capacity to effectively deliver services; ZAMSIF activities on coordination of poverty information and its use by policy makers; level of satisfaction with council administrations and sub-district governance.

· November 2006. TripleLine/Big Lottery Fund. Team member providing support to the internional section of the UK Big Lottery on a call-down basis.

· August 2006. Panos/IDS/IIED/DFID and others. Scoping study: M&E of Communicating Research. A brief scoping study involving a literature review, interviews with practitioners, case study development to draw out key lessons particular to the monitoring and evaluation of research communications.

· May 2006 to January 2007. COWI and EU. Consultancy to provide social development advice for National Transport Strategy of Ethiopia. As part of a multi-disciplinary team, inputs involve review of social sector policy, governance in the transport sector and analysis of past and future trends to develop a multi-modal, integrated transport strategy for Ethiopia and their contribution to Ethiopia’s Poverty Reduction Strategy and millennium development goals. Work looked at the gender implications of transport strategy in particular.

· January 2006 to August 2006. WWF (UK). Consultancy to develop guidelines and build capacity within WWF UK programmes to monitor livelihoods, advocacy and governance outcomes. As part of a small team this work involved the development of a conceptual framework and assessment of the institutional environment for readiness for M&E of livelihoods.

· November 2005. DEFRA (UK)/GYA. Review of Inter-disciplinary Evaluation: Principles and Practice in Defra. This involved assessing how social, economic and bio-physical issues are captured within UK government departments and how these are incoroporated within current policy cycles.The aim of the review was to establish how good evaluation practice can be replicated within Defra, to assess constraints likely to be encountered and to make recommendations of how identified constraints might be overcome.

· September- October 2005. WSP/Japanes Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC). Poverty Impact Assessment of proposed Rundu-Elundu road upgrading in Northern Namibia. The impact assessment involved quantification of potential impacts on the rural poor, and women in particular, and their livelihoods in an underdeveloped area of Namibia along the border with Angola. Work involved analysis of available secondary data and collection of primary data.

· February – Septemebr 2005, SIDA/WSP Sweden. Social Development and Poverty Specialist to undertake analysis of social and poverty impacts of proposed Blue Nile Road in Ethiopia and development of an M&E system that will allow future impacts to be measured. Consultancy outcomes will include a poverty impact assessment, a set of multi-dimensional poverty, HIV/AIDS and transport-related indicators, a set of surveys designed to collect information against agreed indicators, guidelines for future implementation and example community development plans. Community development plans are designed to enhance local stakeholders, particularly women and poorer sections of the community, to take advantage of the opportunities created by road infrastructure development,

· May 2005 to July 2007, WWF(UK). Call down agreement for the development of livelihoods strategy document, training and implementation guidelines for streamlining a livelihoods approach into the work of WWF (Nepal). Of particular importance is support in the area of governance of natural resources.

· April 2005, WWF (UK). Livelihoods specialist to work with Nepal programme to refine existing logical frameworks, develop appropriate outcome and impact indicators to allow livliehood changes to be monitored.

· June 2004 – September 2004, WWF (UK). Team leader in evaluating DFID/WWF Partnership Programme Agreement. This involved providing input to an internal assessment process, development of an evaluation framework and carrying out an external assessment of progress towards impact, changes in partners’ values, institutional space provided through the agreement and appropriateness of organisational structure for achieving progress towards impacts. Three country programmes were visited by team members and assessed to provide case studies for the evaluation. These were Tanzania, Nepal and Colombia. The evaluation summarised findings and made a number of recommendations for WWF and DFID.

· November 2003 - July 2004, Zambia Social Investment Fund (Zamsif)/ITAD Ltd. Team leader of multi-disciplinary international team to develop participatory monitoring and evaluation systems with programme, district and community level stakeholders. Development of the PM&E systems involved development of a generic PM&E framework through consultation at national, local government and community levels, piloting of proposed systems and associated methods, and the provision of training for staff from 14 local authorities and their partners throughout Zambia. The system developed built on the principles of community-driven development approaches. Three guides were produced to assist Zamsif to roll out participatory monitoring and evaluation across their programme. These were A Community Facilitators’ Guide, A District Implementation Guide and A Trainers’ Guide.

· November 2003. WWF, UK/East Africa. Development of material and running of a workshop on monitoring and evaluation for District and Project staff from Lake Bogoria Community Wetlands Project. The workshop covered an introduction to livelihoods approaches particularly in a pastoralist context, the principles of M&E and the practical development of a simple M&E system appropriate for use in the context of Lake Bogoria.

· August 2003 - August 2004, WWF, UK. Livelihoods evaluator for 12 year People and plants programme. This work involved developing a livelihoods framework for use with national evaluators. The evaluation covered WWF's People and Plants programme world-wide and involved visits to Nepal and Kenya to provide training for national evaluation teams.

· March 2003, WSPi and EU. Feasibility and social appraisal of EU-funded road maintenance programme for trunk, main and district (16,210km) roads in Zambia. The resulting social analysis undertaken looked at how proposed maintenance programmes will impact on vulnerable groups including women and assessed opportunities that can be made available to these groups. The analysis detailed potential short- and medium term social and environmental impacts. Recommendations for increasing employment opportunities for vulnerable groups within proposed contract mechanisms were made.

· August 2002-February 2003, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA, UK). Development of a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system for the DEFRA waste minimisation and recycling involving pro-active team-working between DEFRA, the local authorities and the team of consultants appointed to oversee the assignment. The system developed produced timely, balanced and concise information for an assessment of the performance of the waste minimisation and recycling fund and for the improvement of waste management policies. Working closely with counterparts and specialists, we built the capacity of DEFRA to analyse and act on programme data, to develop better policy and to roll-out M&E improvement more broadly across the organisation.

· September 2002 – September 2003, WEDC, Loughborough University. Research project entitled Livelihood substitution: Mainstreaming the poor in urban infrastructure and services development. As part of a multi-disciplinary team, this work looked at how new development affects the lives of the poor. The research will develop tools for the analysis of livelihoods in the context of infrastructure development and through participatory methods suggested ways in which livelihoods substitutes can be enhanced to overcome potential negative impacts on the poor.

· Institute for Arable Crop Research, Rothamsted, UK/GYA/DEFRA: March 2002 to 2005. Working with selected 100+ farmers spread over England and Wales, economists, soil and crop scientists, the aim of the research was to develop robust indicators for soil organic matter together with an understanding of economic and social consequences for application in land management policy recommendations and mixed and arable farm-level decision making.

· Countryside Agency: January 2002 - August 2003. Acting in an advisory role in Market Town regeneration, the aim of this work was to compare and contrast Sustainable Livelihoods and Healthcheck Methodology in relation to Market Town initiatives. The work involved developing a regeneration plan with a range of community and agency partners, advising on the implementation of a sustainable livelihoods approach and developing supporting material including a guide to implementing a Livelihoods approach for English Market Towns.

· IMA: July 2002. Training on Sustainable Livelihoods for international participants from Nigeria and Bangladesh. The training involved designing a livelihoods intervention using a case study, previously developed by a team including CB at University of Wales.

· DFID/GYA: Social Impact of Ghana Forest Plantations Development Project: November 2001. Project design and further social impact analysis looking at potential impacts of timber plantation development on- and off-reserves in Ghana. The work was undertaken in co-operation with a multi-disciplinary team from the African Development Bank and looked at mechanisms for benefit sharing in particular. The resulting social analysis led to redesign by the African Development Bank to a design that allowed for community-led action, governance of community resources and participation at the local level.

· DFID/GYA: Social Appraisal of Ghana Forest Plantations Development Project: September 2001. Social analysis looking at potential impacts of timber plantation development on- and off-reserves in Ghana. The work was undertaken in co-operation with a multi-disciplinary team from the African Development Bank.

· WSPi/ Ethiopian Roads Authority/African Development Bank: February 2001 to July 2001. Social Impact Assessment looking at potential impacts and mitigation measures on three strategic roads in Southern Ethiopia. Collection of data and consultation focused on the more vulnerable individuals and communities along the roads and emphasised the needs of non-motorised road users as well as those of motorised transport users. Mitigation measures to be implemented by contractors, engineers, the authorities and communities were recommended. Mechanisms for monitoring and evaluating impacts were recommended.

· Voluntary Service Overseas: January 2001 to December 2005. Training in social development and natural resource management approaches for professionals with placements in West and East Africa, and South-East Asia. Training involved a balance between formal teaching, role play, educational games and individual tuition.

· Water and Environmental Health at London and Loughborough (WELL)/GYA/DFID: January 2000 - February 2001. Development of public consultation procedures for National Water Resources Management Strategy for Government of Nigeria supported by World Bank. Work involved the development of i) a public consultation plan and logical framework, ii) guidelines of best practice, iii) methodology for consultation with emphasis on the poorer sectors of society. Five visits to Nigeria were undertaken to work with staff from the Federal Ministry of Water Resources, local consultants and a multidisciplinary team of international consultants.

· Centre for Development Studies (CDS), University of Wales/DFID: November 2000. Poverty Assessments carried out on 30 KaR (Knowledge and Research) Proposals for DFID Urban and Transport Sectors. Assessments included an evaluation of i) understanding of poverty issues as demonstrated by the proposals, ii) appropriateness of methodology, iii) the use of logical frameworks iv) relevance of the proposal in poverty-focused research.

· Awel Aman Tawe/Department for Trade and Industry (UK): July 2000. Training in community participation and consultation, focus group facilitation and semi-structured interviews, for the development of a community wind farm in South Wales. Training involved working with community members on rationale, approaches and a variety of methods for exchanging information on aspirations and concerns surrounding the implementation of wind turbines in the area.

· Department for International Development/CDS: April 2000. Policy Paper entitled Globalisation and Agricultural Trade and Investment: The Impact on Small-Scale Producers and Poor Food Consumers in Developing Countries as contribution towards UK Government White Paper.

· Centre for Development Studies, University of Wales, Swansea: April 2000. Teaching of issues surrounding gender and agricultural extension on short course entitled “Participation and Development with Gender”.

· Centre for Development Studies, University of Wales, Swansea: January 2000. Preparation of publicity material and curriculum development for short course in natural resource management.

· Khorassandjian Architects/World Bank: November 1999. Facilitation of a series of workshops with Malawi Social Action Fund staff and village/urban communities looking at opportunities and problems encountered with small-scale infrastructure projects.

· In Development Ltd./Department for International Development July 1999. Policy review of poverty/environment/livestock interactions. The resulting report summarised trends in livestock production, likely impacts on the poor and the environment and highlighted areas for further research.

· Centre for Development Studies, University of Wales, Swansea: April 1999. Teaching of short course on i) Monitoring and Evaluation and ii) Logical Frameworks.

· Centre for Development Studies, University of Swansea/Department for International Development: March 1999. Desk review of DFID Projects in former Soviet Union using DFID’s Poverty Aim, Policy Objective and Policy Information Marker (PIMS) systems.

· DIALUK: October 1998. Team member reviewing disability information support services provided through DIAL networks within the UK.

· Department for International Development: April 1998. Desk analysis (PIMS) of DFID input to the Korup Project.

· Overseas Development Administration: March - June 1984. Analysis of the role of small livestock in local farming systems in south-eastern Tanzania. Preparation of Project plan for ODA support.

Other responsibilities

· African Conservation and Development Foundation Board of Directors. September 2007 and on-going. Trustee of UK-based not-for-profit organisation. The charity is in the process of being set up and will work in West Africa.

· VillageAid Board of Directors: July 1998 to September 2006. Trustee of UK-based NGO supporting rural development, empowerment, training and capacity building initiatives in Ghana, Gambia, Sierra Leone and Cameroon. Currently acting as Adviser to the charity.

· Voluntary Service Overseas: November 2000 to 2006: Trainer on courses in Working with Communities, Natural Resource Management, and Volunteers & Development courses.

· “Virtual” advisory group on sustainable livelihoods 1999 to 2003. Through the University of Wales was a member of a vitual group providing advice to DFID and their partners on sustainable livelihoods.

Education

· University of Birmingham School of Public Policy: April-May 1999.
Short course in Environmental Policy, Analysis and Decision Making.

Sponsored by DFID, attended 4 week short course on urban and rural environmental issues, development of environmental strategies and policy formulation.

· University of Edinburgh: 1988 – 1989.
M.Sc. (with distinction) in Resource Management

Modules completed: social, regional and environmental impact assessment; rural development; agroforestry; and computing and modelling. Title of Dissertation: The Potential for Extending Cashmere Production in Scotland.

· University of Reading: 1978 – 1981.
M.Phil., Department of Agriculture

Research into the use of crop by-products by livestock. Title of thesis: Effects of Dietary Energy Concentration in the Rabbit with particular reference to Rabbit Production in the Tropics.

· University of Hull: 1974 – 1977.
Joint B.Sc. II.i (hons) Joint degree in Psychology and Zoology

Modules completed: social psychology, ecology, bird biology.

Languages

English: native speaker
Swahili: spoken - good; written Swahili - good
French: spoken - basic; written – basic, reading - fair
West African Pidgin: spoken - basic; understanding – good

publications

2003 Undertaking social impact assessment using a sustainable livelihoods approach: the case of two roads in central and southern Ethiopia. (with Smita Biswas). In Proceedings of New Directions in Impact Assessment: Methods and Practice, University of Manchester.

2003 A Review of Sustainable Livelihoods Approaches and their Impact on the Provision of Urban Services and Infrastructure. In: Livelihood Substitution: Mainstreaming the Poor in Urban Infrastructure and Services Development. Inception Report. Jonathan Rouse with Mansoor Ali, Water Engineering and Development Centre, Loughborough University.

2003 Healthchecks and sustainable livelihoods: a case study from Kent. Community Development Journal, July 2003.

2001 Sustainable Livelihoods and Extension: What Lessons can be Learnt? In: Strengthening livelihoods: exploring the role of the beekeeper in development. Bradbear, N., Fisher, E. and Jackson, H. (Eds). Bees for Development, Monmouth, UK.

2000 Globalisation and Agricultural Trade and Investment: The Impact on Small-Scale Producers and Poor Food Consumers in Developing Countries. Issues Paper to DFID. CDS.

1999 Monitoring and evaluation. Village Aid Bulletin Winter 1999.

1999 Livestock, Environment and Equity: A Review of Emerging Issues. Paper to DFID.

1997 Elaboration of Internal Monitoring and Evaluation System. Internal Report, Korup Project, Cameroon.

1997 Village Information Database. Internal Report, Korup Project.

1997 Village groups in Nguti and Nta-ali Clusters: Achievements, problems and potential. Internal Report, Korup Project.

1996 Guidelines for the Implementation of Field Activities. Internal Report, Korup Project.

1996 Rural Development Plan. Internal Report, Korup Project.

1996 The implementation of a spatial land allocation decision support system for upland farms in Scotland. Book of Abstracts European Society for Agronomy Fourth Congress, Wageningen, pp. 416-417.

1994 Extension and pastoral development: past, present and future. PDN Paper no. 37. Overseas Development Institute.

1994 (Ed.) Pastoral Development Network Papers Set 37, Overseas Development Institute.

1994 Pastoral Development Network December Newsletter, Overseas Development Institute

1993 (Ed.) Pastoral Development Network Papers Set 36, Overseas Development Institute.

1993 Pastoral Development Network July Newsletter, Overseas Development Institute.

1993 (Ed) Pastoral Development Network Papers Set 35, Overseas Development Institute.

1993 Pastoral Development Network December Newsletter, Overseas Development Institute.

1991 Modelling land allocation to broad-leaved trees on upland farms. Poster presentation at conference on ‘ The Art and Craft of Modelling in Applied Biology’, Queens University, Belfast.

1991 Modelling land allocation to farm forestry on upland farms. Poster presentation at conference on Land Use Change: Causes and Consequences, University of Newcastle.

1990 Modelling land allocation to farm forestry in the hills and uplands. Paper given to the Operational Research Society, Silsoe, Bedfordshire.

References

On request.