Browsing by Author "Ashley, Caroline"

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'Just Wildlife?' Or a Source of Local Development?
(2003) Ashley, Caroline; Elliott, Joanna
"This paper examines whether and how wildlife1 is a source of rural growth and development in East Africa, and whether its potential could be tapped more fully. It focuses particularly on the wildlife tourism industry, pulling together issues from a range of work and comparisons from Southern Africa, rather than presenting conclusive results based on detailed research specific to this topic. As such, it raises many questions, and is intended to stimulate further debate."
Pro-Poor Tourism: Putting Poverty at the Heart of the Tourism Agenda
(2000) Ashley, Caroline; Boyd, Charlotte; Goodwin, Harold
"This paper examines how tourism affects the livelihoods of the poor and how positive impacts can be enhanced. In doing so, it assesses the relevance of tourism to the poverty agenda, and the factors that encourage or constrain economic participation of the poor in the industry. In conclusion it outlines strategies for promoting pro-poor tourism--PPT."
Tourism Business and the Local Economy: Increasing Impact Through a Linkages Approach
(2006) Mitchell, Jonathan; Ashley, Caroline
"There is great debate over the extent of linkages in the tourist sector. Tourism is praised as a pro-poor growth sector that offers opportunities to small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs), while also condemned for leakages that leave most of the tourist dollars in the hands of firms far away from the destination. Irrespective of the initial leakage-linkage balance, which varies enormously from one economy and one culture to another, this Briefing Paper looks at how tourism linkages can be strengthened for greater local impact. The focus is on linkages at the level of the firm, between a company and the local economy, rather than on inter-sectoral linkages between tourism and, for example, agriculture and manufacturing."