Fisheries and failing states: The case of Sierra Leone

Marine Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 393-400

  Thorpe, Andy ^a   Whitmarsh, David ^a   Ndomahina, Ernest ^b   Baio, Andrew ^a   Kemokai, Miatta ^b   Lebbie, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE   (Sierra Leone)

Author keywords

Economic development; Failed state; Food security; Marine fisheries; Natural resources; Sierra Leone

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FISHERY ECONOMICS; FOOD SECURITY; MARINE RESOURCE; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA; SIERRA LEONE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 56949092583     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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