Women and the fishing industry in Liberia : measures of women's participation
This study represents an attempt to measure the extent of participation of women in development. It approaches this through
a case study of women in the fishing industry in Liberia's concentrating on their participation in industrial fishing. The subject of the case study is of particular interest from two dimensions. Foremost, the research is concerned with the participation of women in the informal urban sector of a developing economy and secondly, the industry in Liberia exhibits interesting linkages between the "formall" modern sector and the "informal" urban