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Health, Wealth, And Education: The Socioeconomic Backdrop For Marine Conservation In The Developing World, Brendan Fisher, Alicia M. Ellis, Diane K. Adams, Helen E. Fox, Elizabeth R. Selig
Health, Wealth, And Education: The Socioeconomic Backdrop For Marine Conservation In The Developing World, Brendan Fisher, Alicia M. Ellis, Diane K. Adams, Helen E. Fox, Elizabeth R. Selig
Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources Faculty Publications
Interacting drivers and pressures in many parts of the world are greatly undermining the long-term health and wellbeing of coastal human populations and marine ecosystems. However, we do not yet have a well-formed picture of the nature and extent of the human poverty of coastal communities in these areas. In this paper, we begin to fill the gap and present a multidimensional picture of the wellbeing of coastal communities, using nationally representative survey data to examine the health, wealth, and educational status of households in over 38000 communities across 38 developing countries. In general, we found high levels of poverty …