Assessing poverty in small-scale fisheries in Lake Victoria, Tanzania

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 250-263

  Onyango, Paul ^a   Jentoft, Svein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

'wicked problems'; Governability; Interactive governance; Lake Victoria; Poverty; Small scale fisheries

Indexed keywords

FISHERY POLICY; FISHERY REGULATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POVERTY; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; STATE ROLE;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE VICTORIA; TANZANIA;

EID: 77955394667     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: 14672979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2010.00378.x     Document Type: Article

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