Chambers’ (1987) early work on livelihoods arose from this participatory foundation. Together
with Conway, Chambers expanded the notion of livelihoods into the SL Framework from the early
1990s (Chambers and Conway 1992). The Framework rose in prominence from the late 1990s,
when it was championed by the Department for International Development (DFID 1999–2001) in
the United Kingdom. Since 2000, CAT has advocated and used the Framework in its work with
remote Aboriginal settlements. The perceived value of using the framework is that it