Livelihood Options Study is a collaborative project involving people working in a wide range of organisations in UK, India, Nepal and Bangladesh.

UK Partners

Current Contacts
The fieldwork phase of the 3-year Livelihood Options project is complete, and writing up is almost complete. Accordingly, some project staff have moved on to other work (including Daniel Start and Philip Viegas) and the MP office has closed down. Those still working on the study into 2004 include:

John Farrington, ODI Research Fellow. Email: j.farrington@odi.org.uk

Priya Deshingkar, ODI Research Fellow, based in Hyderabad, India, and leading on the agriculture, migration and pro poor programmes. Email: p.deshingkar@odi.org.uk

And Craig Johnson, now moved from ODI to University of Guelph, Canada, but retaining an interest, especially in the governance and democratic decentralisation aspects of the study.
Email: cjohns06@uoguelph.ca

The list of project partners which follows is given for reference purposes only - please direct any enquiries to the above. 

John Farrington (ODI) Overall Director
Craig Johnson (ODI)   
Co-ordinator, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and Bangladesh
Daniel Start (ODI)  Co-ordinator, Madhya Pradesh, India and Nepal
Caroline Ashley (ODI) Research Advisor, Research methodologies and links with DFID- funded livelihoods research in sub-Saharan Africa.
Gerard Gill (ODI) Research Advisor, livelihoods in Nepal
John Young (ODI) Research Fellow
James Manor   (Institute of Development Studies, IDS, University of Sussex)-Democratic decentralization in India
Naila Kabeer (IDS) Micro-finance and safety nets in Bangladesh and India
Howard Jones   (Reading University) Longitudinal studies

Rural Policy and Environment Group
Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
111 Westminster Bridge Road
London SE1 7JD, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 207 922 0300
Fax: +44 (0) 207 922 0399
E-mail: rpeg@odi.org.uk
www.odi.org.uk

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Nepal Partners

Devendra Chapagain
Research Director, Nepal Livelihoods and Policy Component
National Labour Academy- Nepal
Anamnagar, PO Box 10652, Kathmandu, Nepal
Tel: +977 (0) 1 418 004 and +977 (0) 1 433 197
Fax: +977 (0) 1 248 073
E-mail: nla@mail.com.np
 

Jagannath Adhikari
Rural towns and rural-urban linkages in Nepal
Baidam, Lake-side (Gaurighat), Kings Way, Pokhara.
Tel: 26197 (Pok), 275269 (Kath)
Jagannathadhikari@hotmail.com

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Bangladesh Partners

Kazi-Ali Toufique
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies
E-17 Agargaon, Dhaka 1207
Bangladesh
Tel: +880 (0) 2 812 3654 and +880 (0) 2 861 8491
Fax: +880 (0) 2 811 3023
E-mail: lintu@sdnbd.org
www.bids-bd.org

Research Officers

Md. Saiful Islam
Ashraf Uddin
Md. Khabiruddin

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India Team

Priya Deshingkar (ODI) - ODI Research Fellow, based in Hyderabad.
AP Office, Second Floor, Plot Number 49
Kamlapuri Colony Phase III,
Hyderabad 500 073, Andhra Pradesh
Tel: +91 (0) 40 354 5596, +91 (0) 40 659 0339
E-mail: livelihoods@eth.net

Philip Viegas (ODI)  -  Research Director (livelihoods) for Madhya Pradesh
MP Livelihoods Research Office, E8/19 Basant Kunj
Arera Colony, Bhopal 462 039, Madhya Pradesh
Tel: +91 (0) 755 295 087
E-mail: livelihoods@satyam.net.in

Andhra Pradesh ODI Staff

Jos Mooij
Visiting Fellow
Centre for Economic and Social Studies
Begumpet, Hyderabad 500016
India
Tel: +91 40 3416780, 3402789
email: josmooij@rediffmail.com

Prof K Srinivasulu
Department of Political Science
Osmania University
Hyderabad 500007, India
Telephone 91 40 7098951
srinu_k@mantraonline.com

K.C. Suri
Department of Political Science & Public Administration
Nagarjuna University
Guntur, Andhra Pradesh

Research Officers
Usha Kulkarni
Laxman Rao
Srinivas Rao Molabanti
B Ramchandrudu
B Renuka
Raja Reddy Kalluri

Administrative Officer
Arpitha Joshi

Madhya Pradesh  ODI Staff

Research Officers

Mr. Pramod Sharma
C/o Dr H C Sharma
C/HD-20, D D Nagar, Sukhalia, (NR Vijay Nagar)
Indore, India 452 010
Tel: 91 731 550 102 Fax: 91 731 572843
Email: spha99@yahoo.com

Dr. Babul Roy
C/o Bimal Chandra Roy
Fatashil G. S. Colony,
Guwahati – 781009 Assam

Tel: 0361 474161
Susanta Barik
C/o Prof. P. K. Biswas
Faculty of Sociology and Social Anthropology
14, VANIKA, IIFM Colony
Kotrasultanabad, Bhopal 46203
e-mail: susu_org@rediffmail.com, s_barik2000@yahoo.com
Vikas Singh
Flat No.13
Maihar Dham Apartments
Lala Lajpat Rai society
E-7/40, Arera Colony
Bhopal
Tel: 0755-467436
Email: ss_vikas@usa.net, tkhoraki@usa.net
Administrative Officer
Prahlad Vishwakarma
G-3/509, Gulmohar -
Bhopal,
Tel: 462 039
0755 426 170  
mobile: 98260 62397  
Email: prahlad_vishwakarma@hotmail.com  
Researcher

Caroline Wilson
Email: C.H.Wilson@sussex.ac.uk

Research Assistants

Sushil Kumar
Biju  Rani Devi

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Other Indian Partners

BASIX (Andhra Pradesh)  
Household Enterprise Histories

CESS (Centre for Economic and Social Studies-Andhra Pradesh)
Pro-poor employment growth in India.                                     

DEBATE
Tribal Livelihoods and Scheduled Areas Act Discussion Forum
Flat F, Sushma Apt, Plot 109,
Lala Lajpat Rai Society, E7
F1-Mahal Homes, Phase II,
21 Doorsanchar Nagar, E-8, Gulmohar, Shapura, Bhopal-39.

Madhya Pradesh
Tel: 294784 (o); 423925 (r)
Email: debate@epatra.com

 
EDA Rural Systems
107, Qutab Plaza, DLF Enclave-1,  
Gurgaon, 122 002  
Tel 6350835, 6356692 Fax 6352489  
0124 / 00 124 ISD / STD. 91 from Delhi  
Email: edarural@nda.vsnl.net.in
EKLAVYA
The Gyandoot Rural Information Project 
E1 / 138 Arera Colony
Madhya Pradesh
Tel: (w) 467552, 463380  (h) 592194  
IAMR (200 Village re-surveys across Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh)
Institute for Applied Manpower Research [Inc. Inst for Human Development]  
 
Indrapratha (IP) Estate, Mahatma Ganghi Marg, ND 110-002  
Tel: 331-7849 or 331-9606 (or 335 8166), Fax: 331 9909
ICRISAT (Village-Level Longitudinal Studies in Andhra Pradesh)
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
 
Patancheru-502324
Andhra Pradesh, India

 
MANAGE (Management of the website and discussion platform)
National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management
Hyderabad, AP
E-Mail: lakshmi@manage.gov.in

 
NCDS  (Post-cyclone recovery and mitigation in Orissa)
Nabakrushna Choudhury Centre for Development Studies
 
SAMARTHAN (Performance of Gram Panchayats in Madhya Pradesh)
Centre for Development Support 
 
E-7/81 (Banker’s colony) Arera Colony,  
Bhopal 462 016  
Tel / Fax: 0755 467625 (o); 276309 (h)
SANKET  (
Pro-poor policy and local governance in Madhya Pradesh
E1/ 22, Arera Colony,
Bhopal,
Madhya Pradesh 462016
Tel: 0755 468050, 420638 (E4), 284843,
Fax : 0755 – 468050  
NCAER (Impact of Economic Reforms on Rural Livelihoods Discussion Forum)
National Council for Applied Economic Research
Abusaleh Shariff 
 
Parisilia Bhawan, 11
Indraprastha Estate, ND 110 002  
Tel: (+91-11)374 2253, 3317860-8; 3378860,3379857,3379861/2/3/5/6/8,3379870,3370323,3370424
Fax: (91-11) 337-0164

IHD (Changing Rural-Urban linkages in Haryana and Andhra Pradesh)
Institute of Human Development
Sheila Bhalla
 
IAMR Building (3rd Floor), I P Estate,
Mahatma Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 110002
Tel: 00 91 11 3358166, 3321610; Fax 3319909.
Email: ihd@vsnl.com  

M.S.Ashok (extent and impact  of changing agricultural probability in AP and MP)
Catalyst/Cirrus
Bangalore

N.C.Saxena
Senior Policy Advisor to the study

Orlanda Ruthven (Changing labour relations in Uttar Pradesh)
Delhi
Radhika Nayak (Social expenditure and performance of centre funded poverty programmes)
Delhi
Tel: 011 625 7293 /022 218 2785  
Email: radnayak@yahoo.com