The right to education is fundamental Human Right. Education is crucial for development of women. Rural women's access to education and training can have a major impact on their potential to access and benefit from income-generating opportunities and improve their overall well-being. Education without any doubt positively impacts the wellbeing of women in rural areas by enhancing their entrepreneurial skills and income. Education among rural women also benefits the rural economy in form of increased agricultural productivity. In developing countries, limited or no access to education for women is one of barriers that hinder overcoming hunger and providing healthy life for children. This implies that there is a need for a holistic approach to sustainable rural livelihoods improvement. This book is about the importance of the integration of the different development actors and programmes to achieve the sustainable livelihood of the poor in general and women in rural areas in particular. Different approaches and analytical tools have been used to assess the impact of such development initiatives. Hence coverage of this book will fulfill the readers' thirst of knowledge towards sustainable livelihood analysis. The book has been so designed as to serve the requirements of students, researchers and development practitioners alike.

Debyendu Bhaskaran is a scholar and social activist who has dedicated his life to working for the empowerment of rural women. After graduating, he worked as a researcher at the Indian Institute of Social Sciences. Bhaskaran's research interests include the economics of gender, the sociology of rural development, and the politics of women's empowerment. His work has been published in leading academic journals, and he has also written for newspapers and magazines. Bhaskaran is a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars on rural development and women's empowerment. In addition to his academic work, Bhaskaran is also involved in several social justice organizations. He is a member of the National Alliance of People's Movements and the Mahila Samata Society. Bhaskaran is also a founding member of the National Policy Forum on Women's Empowerment.