A third theme that came through in the work is the
growing importance of mobility in building sustainable
livelihoods. Individuals and households are tied down
for various reasons: because of family responsibilities
(large/young families); because of a lack of skills to sell;
because of a lack of contacts to exploit; and because of a
lack of capital. When people are immobile, for whatever
reason, their opportunities are restricted. Most obviously,
they will find it difficult to work away from home.
But even working in the fields of the village may be
difficult if family responsibilities keep a young mother at
home. The progressive delocalisation of livelihoods
propelled and made possible by wider developments
including infrastructure developments and market integration,
is changing the spatiality of livelihoods and
geographies of life.