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Financing small-scale fisheries in the Philippines

A policy brief













 Badiola, J.A.R., Guinto, E.J., Das. P.K., Gietzen, T., Yang. L. and Van Anrooy, R. 2021. Financing small-scale fisheries in the Philippines – A policy brief. Rome




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