Building on poor people’s capacities: The case of common property resources in India and West Africa

World Development

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 119-133

  Beck, Tony ^a   Nesmith, Cathy ^b  

^a Institute of Asian Research   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Common property resources; India; Indigenous resource management; Poverty; West Africa

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

AFRICA; INDIA;

EID: 0035148058     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(00)00089-9     Document Type: Article

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