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Use of capital income in artisanal fisheries: a case study of boat owners in Elmina, Ghana

Year of publication 1997

Pages 23

Author Yeboah DA.;Fishery and Aquaculture Economics and Policy Division

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Category Programme / project report

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Synopsis (short abstract) Development strategy during the 1960 and 1970s was based on the philosophy that developing countries lacked improved technology and capital for speeding up their development. Industrialization was promoted in order to capitalize on the abundant fish resources. However, the anticipated expansion of the economy did not happen and the development approach shifted towards an integrated rural strategy where emphasis is put on the community as a whole to upgrade incomes and the quality of life throug h technical assistance and the active participation of fisherfolk and the community.

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Yeboah DA., Use of Capital Income in Artisanal Fisheries: A Case Study of Boat Owners in 1997 Elmina, Ghana. Programme for the Intezrated Development of.Artisanal Fisheries in West Africa, Cotonou, 23 p., IDAFWPIJO6.

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