Welfare Impacts of Fisheries Co-management System at Oxbow Lakes in Bangladesh
2001
Jahan, Khondker Murshed-e | Abdullah, Nik Mustapha R. | Viswanathan, K. Kuperan
International Institute of Fisheries Economics and TradeU.S. National Marine Fisheries ServiceMG Kailis Group
显示更多 [+] 显示较少 [-]Fisheries co-management starts with the premise that stakeholders have the innate capacity to improve resourcecondition as well as the welfare of the society. If this is true, there is a need for rapid and substantial devolution of fisheriesmanagement institutions. The main purpose of this study was to examine net welfare change to society as a result of the comanagementsystem at Oxbow Lakes in Bangladesh. The simultaneous equation model consisting of supply, demand andidentity equations were estimated and Marshallian surplus measurement was used to estimate the welfare change before andafter the co-management system. The pooling technique proposed by Kmenta (1971; 1986) was utilized for the estimation.The analysis showed that the co-management program had caused a welfare gain to society.
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