Gendering Border Spaces

Impact of Open Border Policy Between Cambodia-Thailand on Small-scale Women Fish Traders

Bibliographic Data

ID12837745
AuthorsKyoko Kusakabe (0000-0001-8132-7977, Asian Institute of Technology, corresponding author), Prak Sereyvath, U Suntornratana, Napaporn Sriputinibondh (Udon Thani Hospital)
Year2008
Volume7
Issue1
Pages1-17
Publication date2008-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAfrican and Asian Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1569-2094 • E-ISSN: 1569-2108
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/156921008x273079
OpenAlexW2060990059
LanguageEN
Citations received6

The study examined how the commodity chain of freshwater fresh fish trade between Thailand and Cambodia developed and became sex segregated, and how women small-scale traders are positioned in the chain. The open border policy increased trade and demand for fish, and made it more difficult for small-scale traders to secure fish. Lack of state control led to rent-seeking, which further closed opportunities for resourceless small-scale traders. Women small-scale border traders tried to counter the marginalization through establishing social networks, but with limited success. Field interviews with 86 traders at the border areas of Thailand and Cambodia were conducted to explore these points

Asian studies · Biology · Business · China · Commodity · Development economics · Economics · Fish · Fishery · Geography · Market economy · Scale (ratio · Socioeconomics · Cambodian History and Society · Sex work and related issues · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies

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