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  Developing Small Dams and Social Capital in Yemen: Local Responses to External Assistance

  International Association for the Study of Common Property, 2000

  This paper examines six cases of small dam development along small seasonal rivers (wadi) in the rugged mountainous province of Al-Mahweet in north central Yemen.Development of small dams is a current priority of the Government of Yemen and various foreign donors.
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  The changing role of fisheries in development policy

  Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 2000

  Fish and fisheries – both marine and inland – are an intrinsic part of the livelihoods of many in developing countries. Recent work indicates the important contribution to food security made by fish caught as a part-time occupation of essentially agricultural households.
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  Community participation in traditional irrigation scheme rehabilitation projects in Tanzania: report of a collaborative research project

  Economic and Social Research Foundation, Tanzania, 2001

  This research article looks at how participatory methods can be used in projects to rehabilitate tradtional irrigation schemes in Tanzania.
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  Kingship, bureaucracy and participation: competing moralities of ‘decentralisation’ in south Indian irrigation

  School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 2000

  This paper attempts a long view of decentralisation in irrigation management in parts of south India. In doing so, it has attempted to place present day ‘Participatory Irrigation Management’ in perspective, particularly by drawing attention to antecedent forms of ‘decentralisation’ and suggesting that some of the practices and moralities involved persist today.
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  Sustainable livelihoods and political capital: arguments and evidence from decentralisation and natural resource management in India

  Overseas Development Institute, 2000

  Looks at the Sustainable Livelihoods (SL) approach as an analytical framework. The potential of SL was examined by applying the framework for analysis in a research project on decentralised natural resource management in India.The SL framework was found to be a useful construct for the analysis of decentralised natural resourcemanagement.
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  Aquaculture, poverty impacts and livelihoods

  Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 2000

  Aquaculture is often viewed narrowly as intensive culture of salmon and shrimp to provide high value products for luxury markets and is often associated with environmental degradation. The promotion of aquaculture for rural development has had a poor record in many developing countries, especially in Africa.

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