Mainstreaming fisheries in development and poverty reduction strategies in the Asia-Pacific region
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12549504 |
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| Authors | Andy Thorpe (0000-0002-5025-1209, University of Portsmouth, corresponding author), Chris Reid (University of Portsmouth), Stephanie D Smith (0000-0002-4947-9070, UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office), Simon Funge Smith |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 518-541 |
| Publication date | 2008-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1354-7860 • E-ISSN: 1469-9648 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13547860802364794 |
| OpenAlex | W2014550550 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
This paper offers an assessment of the mainstreaming of fisheries in national development plans and Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers within the Asia-Pacific region. Fisheries and aquaculture in the region make a significant contribution to world fisheries production. Importantly, those directly involved in the sector are predominantly small-scale artisanal producers, a group traditionally regarded as extremely vulnerable in poverty terms. Therefore, mainstreaming – integrating a sector into every stage of the national policy process – may have important welfare implications for those drawing livelihoods from the industry. This paper examines the significance of fisheries and aquaculture to developing Asia-Pacific economies, and evaluates the extent to which the sector has been mainstreamed in national development and poverty reduction strategies using a content analysis framework. We conclude that the representation of fisheries issues, the recognition of sectoral poverty, policy responses, and stakeholder representation, is typically greater than in other fish producing regions, and there are many examples of best practice
Agriculture · Aquaculture · Biology · Business · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental resource management · Fish · Fishery · Livelihood · Mainstreaming · Natural resource economics · Political science · Poverty · Poverty reduction · Stakeholder · Welfare · Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies · Ecology
| Highly cited | No |
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