Do the Commons Help Augment Mutual Insurance Among the Poor?

World Development

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 429-438

  Takasaki, Yoshito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Commons; Fiji; Mutual insurance; Pacific; Self insurance

Indexed keywords

COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; POVERTY; SELF SUFFICIENCY;

FIJI; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 79551495768     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.08.019     Document Type: Article

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