Africa’s Blue Economy
Potentials and challenges for more locally beneficial development
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11904819 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eddy Akpomera (University of Benin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 166 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of African Political Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-6244 • E-ISSN: 1740-1720 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03056244.2020.1853517 |
| OpenAlex | W3117463184 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 5 |
Africa has massive potential for a vibrant ‘Blue Economy’: 70% of the countries in the continent have territorial coastlines and extensive kilometres of exclusive economic zones (EEZs) in the sea that are still largely untapped for economic development. This analysis on sub-Saharan Africa’s positioning in the new framework of the Blue Economy, as well as the defining bottlenecks of maritime insecurity and weak governance, finds that Africa’s coastal states lack financial and technological capacity to harvest ocean assets, and are plagued by the corrupt tendencies of the political elite. There is a need to deploy strategic use of the states’ advantageous maritime resources for more locally beneficial development
Development economics · Economic system · Economics · Economy · Political science · Coastal and Marine Management · International Maritime Law Issues · Marine and coastal ecosystems
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |