Fisheries policy and economic development in Greenland in the 1980s

Bibliographic Data

ID9220493
AuthorsGraham Poole (University of Cambridge, corresponding author)
Year1990
Volume26
Issue157
Pages109-118
Publication date1990-04-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolar Record (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0032-2474 • E-ISSN: 1475-3057
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0032247400011153
OpenAlexW2074781459
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited3

Apstract This article describes the main characteristics of the Greenlandic economy in the 1980s and the aims of the country's Home Rule Government in regard to fisheries policy and economic development. The strategy adopted by the Home Rule Government is presented and evaluated, in terms both of economic theory and of results. Greenland's problems are similar to those of other developing countries, but intensified by its Arctic location, communications problems, a vulnerable resource base and harsh operating conditions inits fisheries, also by its colonial and post-colonial history which has fuelled aspirations towards a high standard of living and given rise to high import demands. Difficulties encountered point towards a modification of the aims and policies of the government, including adoption of a less ambitious approach, focusing upon satisfying basic social and economic needs, and avoiding the mistakes made by the Danish administration in the 1960s and 1970s, which led to alienation of segments of the population from the process of development

Arctic · Business · Colonialism · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Geography · Government (linguistics) · Home rule · Natural resource economics · Political science · Politics · Population · Resource (disambiguation) · Sociology · Arctic and Russian Policy Studies · Ecology · Indigenous Studies and Ecology

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