Water, poverty and inland fisheries: Lessons from Africa and Asia

Water International

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-61

  Béné, Christophe ^a   Friend, Richard M ^b  

^a WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

^b M POWER   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Livelihoods; Mekong; Poverty; Small scale fisheries; Vulnerability; West Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249129051     PISSN: 02508060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508060802677838     Document Type: Article

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