Abstract
Globalization has affected the livelihoods of fishing communities in South Asia in several ways since the late 1950s. In this chapter we study one facet of these developments — the adoption of beach-landing fibre-reinforced plastic (FRP) boats by fishing households in Tamil Nadu, India. The diffusion of this new technology, which replaces traditional wooden boats, is as much a product of ongoing globalizing trends as it is a response to distortions caused by previous waves of innovation triggered by globalization.
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Giné, X., Klonner, S. (2008). Credit Constraints as a Barrier to Technology Adoption by the Poor: Lessons from South Indian Small-Scale Fisheries. In: Nissanke, M., Thorbecke, E. (eds) Globalization and the Poor in Asia. Studies in Development Economics and Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230594005_9
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