Policy Research: Implications of Liberalization of Fish Trade for Developing Countries


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Trade Issues:
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Country Case Studies
Bangladesh [PDF]
Guinea [PDF]
India [PDF]
Uganda [PDF]
Vietnam [PDF]

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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.

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For further information on the Natural Resources Institute's Policy Research: Implications of Liberalization of Fish Trade for Developing Countries project contact:

Mrs Joanne Downard (Enterprise Trade and Finance Group)
Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich
Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1634 883199 Fax: +44 (0) 1634 883706
Email: J.M.Downard@gre.ac.uk
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