Key Sheets for Sustainable LivelihoodsDetailsPublications in this seriesDetails Keysheets for sustainable livelihoods were published from 1997-2003 to provide decision-makers with a short, easy and up-to-date reference on issues relating to sustainable livelihoods and infrastructure development for the poor. The Keysheets were produced by ODI for DFID, with the later sheets in the series produced by ODI for DFID and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Programme: Climate and Environment Programme Social Protection Water Policy Publications in this series Contacts Publication - Discussion papers - 6 May 2004 Tim Bostock (SIFAR), Stephen Cunningham, Arthur Neiland, and Elizabeth Bennett (IDDRA) Contact Details Download The Political Economy of Fishery Fiscal Reforms Publication - Discussion papers - 5 May 2004 Tim Bostock (SIFAR), Stephen Cunningham, Arthur Neiland, and Elizabeth Bennett (IDDRA) Implementing fishery fiscal reform may be a difficult exercise. One of the reasons why economists have often rejected tax (or, more accurately, royalty) based approaches to fisheries management is because of the apparent political difficulties that they would entail despite their undoubted attraction from a purely economic viewpoint (Munro, 1993). There are increasing signs however that countries, particularly developing ones, are managing to overcome these difficulties (e.g. Vetemaa et al, 2002). Download The Allocation of Revenues Derived from Fish Resource Rents Publication - Discussion papers - 4 May 2004 Tim Bostock (SIFAR), Stephen Cunningham, Arthur Neiland, and Elizabeth Bennett (IDDRA) Assuming that fisheries can be managed in such a way as to generate their implicit wealth (resource rents), this Key Sheet discusses what might be done with such rents. Decisions on such usage must in practice emerge from the political process. It is not the intention of this paper to suggest that there is a right set of decisions that must be made, still less to tell countries what to do, but rather to raise issues to take into consideration. Download Management Instruments and Rent Collection Publication - Discussion papers - 3 May 2004 Tim Bostock (SIFAR), Stephen Cunningham, Arthur Neiland, and Elizabeth Bennett (IDDRA) Unmanaged and poorly managed fisheries are overexploited to the point where all resource rent has been dissipated(2). Since resource rent represents the wealth that the fishery can generate, and hence indicates the potential of the fishery to contribute to economic and social goals, there is a need for improved management with resource rent specifically targeted. Management authorities are faced with two broad problems. First, they must develop management instruments that enable resource rents to be generated on a sustainable basis. Second, they must establish fiscal arrangements that enable the resource rents generated to be shared between stakeholders, including government, in an appropriate way. Download Fiscal Reform in Fisheries and Poverty Reduction Publication - Discussion papers - 2 May 2004 Tim Bostock (SIFAR), Stephen Cunningham, Arthur Neiland, and Elizabeth Bennett (IDDRA) This Key Sheet looks at the way in which fiscal reform may allow the fishery sector to contribute to poverty reduction. It has no pretence of dealing with the issue of poverty reduction per se. Poverty is clearly a multifaceted issue and no single economic sector can be expected to deal with it alone. It is a problem which requires that a broad policy agenda be developed (see for instance CEC, 2000). Download Pages12345…next ›last » View content in the Search Centre:Livelihoods
Contacts Publication - Discussion papers - 6 May 2004 Tim Bostock (SIFAR), Stephen Cunningham, Arthur Neiland, and Elizabeth Bennett (IDDRA) Contact Details Download
The Political Economy of Fishery Fiscal Reforms Publication - Discussion papers - 5 May 2004 Tim Bostock (SIFAR), Stephen Cunningham, Arthur Neiland, and Elizabeth Bennett (IDDRA) Implementing fishery fiscal reform may be a difficult exercise. One of the reasons why economists have often rejected tax (or, more accurately, royalty) based approaches to fisheries management is because of the apparent political difficulties that they would entail despite their undoubted attraction from a purely economic viewpoint (Munro, 1993). There are increasing signs however that countries, particularly developing ones, are managing to overcome these difficulties (e.g. Vetemaa et al, 2002). Download
The Allocation of Revenues Derived from Fish Resource Rents Publication - Discussion papers - 4 May 2004 Tim Bostock (SIFAR), Stephen Cunningham, Arthur Neiland, and Elizabeth Bennett (IDDRA) Assuming that fisheries can be managed in such a way as to generate their implicit wealth (resource rents), this Key Sheet discusses what might be done with such rents. Decisions on such usage must in practice emerge from the political process. It is not the intention of this paper to suggest that there is a right set of decisions that must be made, still less to tell countries what to do, but rather to raise issues to take into consideration. Download
Management Instruments and Rent Collection Publication - Discussion papers - 3 May 2004 Tim Bostock (SIFAR), Stephen Cunningham, Arthur Neiland, and Elizabeth Bennett (IDDRA) Unmanaged and poorly managed fisheries are overexploited to the point where all resource rent has been dissipated(2). Since resource rent represents the wealth that the fishery can generate, and hence indicates the potential of the fishery to contribute to economic and social goals, there is a need for improved management with resource rent specifically targeted. Management authorities are faced with two broad problems. First, they must develop management instruments that enable resource rents to be generated on a sustainable basis. Second, they must establish fiscal arrangements that enable the resource rents generated to be shared between stakeholders, including government, in an appropriate way. Download
Fiscal Reform in Fisheries and Poverty Reduction Publication - Discussion papers - 2 May 2004 Tim Bostock (SIFAR), Stephen Cunningham, Arthur Neiland, and Elizabeth Bennett (IDDRA) This Key Sheet looks at the way in which fiscal reform may allow the fishery sector to contribute to poverty reduction. It has no pretence of dealing with the issue of poverty reduction per se. Poverty is clearly a multifaceted issue and no single economic sector can be expected to deal with it alone. It is a problem which requires that a broad policy agenda be developed (see for instance CEC, 2000). Download
