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Optimum Fisheries Management under Climate Variability: Evidence from Artisanal Marine Fishing in GhanaPart of Journal Special Issue Economics of climate change impacts on developing countries
Climate change Econometric models (Economic development) FisheriesJournal Article
The Fishery Performance Indicators: A Management Tool for Triple Bottom Line OutcomesPursuit of the triple bottom line of economic, community and ecological sustainability has increased the complexity of fishery management; fisheries assessments require new types of data and analysis to guide science-based policy in addition to tradi...
Aquaculture Economic biology EcologyBlog
Illegal Fishing by Small-Scale Fishers in Ghana: Findings and Policy Suggestions
27 May 2014 Wisdom Akpalu The number of fishers and fishing vessels in the capture fishery sector, especially the artisanal marine fishery sub-sector, in Ghana has grown significantly over the past two decades leading to declining catches per trip...
Agriculture Ecology Environmental lawBlog
UNU-WIDER in Ghana – An Interview with Wisdom Akpalu
23 April 2014 Wisdom Akpalu joined UNU-WIDER as a Research Fellow based in Ghana in the beginning of 2014...
Economic policy (Business enterprises) Natural resources EcologyWorking Paper
Foreign Aid and Sustainable Fisheries Management in Sub-Saharan AfricaThe fisheries sector in sub-Saharan Africa has benefited from high and increasing amounts of foreign aid for over four decades...
Biodiversity conservation Econometric models Economic assistance and foreign aidResearch Brief
How Can Aid Help Mitigate the Problem of Overfishing in AfricaDevelopment aid aimed at increasing productivity in the fisheries sector has at times had a negative effect by encouraging or facilitating overfishing...
Econometric models Economic assistance and foreign aid FisheriesWorking Paper
Optimum Fisheries Management Under Climate Variability: Evidence from Artisanal Marine Fishing in GhanaIn most coastal developing countries, the artisanal fisheries sector is managed as a common pool resource. As a result, such fisheries are overcapitalized and overfished...
Climate change Econometric models (Economic development) FisheriesBlog
Experimentation and Co-ordination as Industrial Policy: Examples from Ethiopia and ChileMulu Gebreeyesus and Michiko Iizuka Industrial policy can be defined as the policies that stimulate specific economic activities and promote structural changes...
Agriculture Economic development EntrepreneurshipBook Chapter
Credit Constraints as a Barrier to Technology Adoption by the Poor: Lessons from South Indian Small Scale FisheryFrom the book: Globalization and the Poor in Asia
Credit Equality and inequality FisheriesWorking Paper
Credit Constraints as a Barrier to Technology Adoption by the Poor: Lessons from South-Indian Small-Scale FisheryWe study the diffusion of a capital intensive technology among a fishing community in south India and analyze the dynamics of income inequality during this process...
Credit Equality and inequality Fisheries