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Social capital, community based management, and fishers’ livelihood in Bangladesh

This paper examines the impact of Community Based Fisheries Management (CBFM) on fishing households’ welfare in Bangladesh. It analyses how the various types of livelihood assets contribute to fishers’ household incomes. The study found that fishers in CBFM project areas have improved their access t...

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Main Authors: Islam, Ghazi Md. Nurul, Tai, Shzee Yew, Abdullah, Nik Mustapha R., Viswanathan, K. Kuperan
Format: Article
Published: Elsevier 2011
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HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/3138/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2010.10.026
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spelling my.uum.repo.31382011-05-04T02:53:46Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/3138/ Social capital, community based management, and fishers’ livelihood in Bangladesh Islam, Ghazi Md. Nurul Tai, Shzee Yew Abdullah, Nik Mustapha R. Viswanathan, K. Kuperan HD Industries. Land use. Labor This paper examines the impact of Community Based Fisheries Management (CBFM) on fishing households’ welfare in Bangladesh. It analyses how the various types of livelihood assets contribute to fishers’ household incomes. The study found that fishers in CBFM project areas have improved their access to different assets including social, human, physical, financial and natural capitals. The regression results show that social capital contributed significantly to household income, indicating that social factors play very important roles in poverty alleviation in Bangladesh. Future poverty alleviation policy options need to give priority to investments in human, physical and natural capital assets. Elsevier 2011-02 Article PeerReviewed Islam, Ghazi Md. Nurul and Tai, Shzee Yew and Abdullah, Nik Mustapha R. and Viswanathan, K. Kuperan (2011) Social capital, community based management, and fishers’ livelihood in Bangladesh. Ocean and Coastal Management, 54 (2). pp. 173-180. ISSN 0964-5691 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2010.10.026
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topic HD Industries. Land use. Labor
spellingShingle HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Islam, Ghazi Md. Nurul
Tai, Shzee Yew
Abdullah, Nik Mustapha R.
Viswanathan, K. Kuperan
Social capital, community based management, and fishers’ livelihood in Bangladesh
description This paper examines the impact of Community Based Fisheries Management (CBFM) on fishing households’ welfare in Bangladesh. It analyses how the various types of livelihood assets contribute to fishers’ household incomes. The study found that fishers in CBFM project areas have improved their access to different assets including social, human, physical, financial and natural capitals. The regression results show that social capital contributed significantly to household income, indicating that social factors play very important roles in poverty alleviation in Bangladesh. Future poverty alleviation policy options need to give priority to investments in human, physical and natural capital assets.
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author Islam, Ghazi Md. Nurul
Tai, Shzee Yew
Abdullah, Nik Mustapha R.
Viswanathan, K. Kuperan
author_facet Islam, Ghazi Md. Nurul
Tai, Shzee Yew
Abdullah, Nik Mustapha R.
Viswanathan, K. Kuperan
author_sort Islam, Ghazi Md. Nurul
title Social capital, community based management, and fishers’ livelihood in Bangladesh
title_short Social capital, community based management, and fishers’ livelihood in Bangladesh
title_full Social capital, community based management, and fishers’ livelihood in Bangladesh
title_fullStr Social capital, community based management, and fishers’ livelihood in Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Social capital, community based management, and fishers’ livelihood in Bangladesh
title_sort social capital, community based management, and fishers’ livelihood in bangladesh
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2011
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/3138/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2010.10.026
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