Some observations on power and property rights in the inland fisheries of Bangladesh

World Development

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 457-467

  Toufique, Kazi Ali ^a  

^a Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Fisheries; Power; Property rights; Resource economics; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FISHERIES RESOURCES; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; INLAND FISHERY; POWER RELATIONS; PROPERTY RIGHTS;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0030694805     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(96)00108-8     Document Type: Article

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