Policy Research: Implications of Liberalization of Fish Trade for Developing Countries
Introduction
Fisheries play a key role in the livelihoods of millions of people in developing countries. The principal objective of this study was to increase our knowledge and understanding of the relationship between the achievement of sustainable development outcomes -more particularly the key contribution that fisheries can make to pro-poor growth- and current processes related to fisheries trade liberalisation
The documents presented here form part of a wider study on “Policy Research – Implications of Liberalization of Fish Trade for developing Countries”, comprising five trade issues background papers and five country case studies.
The five trade issues background papers
deal with the following topics;
Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary (SPS)
Measures and Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) [PDF 78Kb]
Ethical/Social/Eco Certification,
Labelling and Guidelines [PDF 125Kb]
The Impact of Subsidies on Trade
in Fisheries Products [PDF 108Kb]
The Impact of Dumping on Trade in Fisheries
Products [PDF 97Kb]
Fiscal Reforms and Trade in Fisheries
Products [PDF 58Kb]
The case studies cover the following
countries:
Bangladesh [PDF 830Kb], Guinea
[PDF 934Kb], India [PDF 2357Kb], Uganda
[323Kb], and Vietnam [PDF 579Kb].
For a synthesis of the entire study including policy recommendations click here.
The study was funded by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation
and
Development (BMZ), and the UK’s Department for International
Development (DFID).
The views expressed in the presented documents are solely those
of the author (s) and do not necessarily represent the views of
BMZ, DFID, FAO or GTZ.
Further details of the Natural Resources Institute's projects and publications are available on our website.
For further information on the Natural Resources Institute's Policy Research: Implications of Liberalization of Fish Trade for Developing Countries project contact: Mrs Elizabeth Millar |
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