This report is based on a series of 15 international case studies conducted between September and November 2008 under a joint initiative of FAO and the PISCES Energy Research Programme Consortium funded by DFID. The case studies focused on developing an improved understanding of the linkages between Livelihoods and Small- Scale Bioenergy Initiatives. The focus of the study was on the impacts that different types of local level Bioenergy
initiatives can have on Rural Livelihoods in different contexts in the developing world. Livelihoods are understood as the enhancement of the full range of natural, financial, human, social and physical capitals on a sustainable ongoing basis.
