rapid assessment of the social impacts of - Philippines Development ...

Contents
Foreword ...................................................................................................................................................................... ii
Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................................................ iii
Acronyms .................................................................................................................................................................. vii
Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................................. 1
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................ 3
Objectives .................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Site Selection .............................................................................................................................................................................. 3
Methodology .............................................................................................................................................................................. 4
Data Collection Methods ....................................................................................................................................................... 4
Data Collection Activities ...................................................................................................................................................... 6
Initial site visits ......................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Profiling of FGD participants .............................................................................................................................................. 6
Focus group discussions ....................................................................................................................................................... 6
Key informant interviews..................................................................................................................................................... 6
Feedback sessions with the community and NGO-PO research partners....................................................... 6
Limitations of the Study ........................................................................................................................................................ 8
The Research Team.................................................................................................................................................. 8
The IPC Researchers ............................................................................................................................................................... 8
NGO-PO Research Partners ................................................................................................................................................. 8
Description of the Research Sites ...................................................................................................................... 8
Riverine Communities ........................................................................................................................................................... 9
Lakeside Communities......................................................................................................................................................... 13
Control Community ............................................................................................................................................................... 14
Changes in Livelihoods and Employment ................................................................................................... 15
Lost livelihood and the self-employed .......................................................................................................................... 16
Loss or suspension of jobs and the employed ........................................................................................................... 17
New livelihood opportunities ........................................................................................................................................... 17
Shifts in livelihood ................................................................................................................................................................. 18
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