Assessing Poverty in Small Scale Fisheries in Lake Victoria, Kenya

dc.creatorOnyango, Paul O.
dc.creatorJentoft, Svein
dc.date2016-07-08T12:32:44Z
dc.date2016-07-08T12:32:44Z
dc.date2010
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-27T08:23:28Z
dc.date.available2018-03-27T08:23:28Z
dc.descriptionPoverty is a pervasive issue in small-scale fisheries. Not only does it affect a substantial population, it is also a complex problem that is difficult to define, explain and solve. Thus, poverty in small-scale fisheries constitutes what in the planning literature is sometimes identified as a ‘wicked problem’. This paper applies the interactive governance framework to identify the limits of, and conditions for, governability and how they affect poverty, using the Lake Victoria small-scale fisheries in Tanzania as an illustrative case. More specifically, the paper first uses the three systems model of the interactive governance framework, i.e., the system-tobe-governed, the governing system, and the governing interaction, to explore poverty as a ‘wicked problem’ involving challenges pertaining to governability. Secondly, the paper suggests ‘governance elements’ that are fundamental for addressing poverty through the first, second, and third orders of governance. The paper emphasizes the importance of social values as crucial entry points in addressing poverty in smallscale fisheries.
dc.identifierOnyango, P. and Jentoft, S., 2010. Assessing poverty in small‐scale fisheries in Lake Victoria, Tanzania. Fish and Fisheries, 11(3), pp.250-263.
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2956
dc.identifier10.1111/j.1467-2979.2010.00378.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2956
dc.languageen
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd
dc.subjectGovernability
dc.subjectInteractive governance
dc.subjectLake Victoria
dc.subjectPoverty
dc.subjectSmallscale fisheries
dc.subject‘Wicked problems’
dc.titleAssessing Poverty in Small Scale Fisheries in Lake Victoria, Kenya
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Reviewed

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