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Creator:: Béné, Christophe, Emma, Belal, Baba, Malloum Ousman, Ovie, Solomon, Raji, Aminu, Malasha, Isaac, Andi, Mamane Na, and Russell, Aaron
Abstract:: Today, decentralization and democratic participation are presented as necessary conditions to achieve poverty alleviation and ensure the sustainable use of our diminishing natural resources. In small-scale fisheries, similar ideas predominate and decentralization has become the new management paradigm through the concepts of community-based and co-management. In this paper, we present...
Resource Type:: Research Paper
Full Text:: a chapter “Governance and decentralisation reforms in small-scale fisheries: an African perspective

Creator:: Béné, Christophe
Abstract:: In this paper we develop an index of economic vulnerability which we use conjointly with a more conventional measure of income poverty to explore the different dimensions of poverty (transient, chronic, vulnerability) that affect fishing communities in developing countries. We illustrate the potential uses of this method with cross-sectoral data...
Resource Type:: Other
Full Text:: fishery rhymes with poverty, a first step beyond the old paradigm on poverty in small-scale fisheries

Creator:: Béné, Christophe and Lawton, Rebecca
Abstract:: Today fish is the most traded food commodity in the World. This situation is not without generating potential issues. On the one hand, fish trade is said to support economic growth processes in developing countries by providing an important source of cash revenue. On the other hand, fish trade is...
Resource Type:: Research Paper
Full Text:: country-specific importance of fish trade, industrial and small-scale fisheries in the economy of Sub

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