Community Based Institutions And Sustainable Livelihoods Of Inland Fishermen Of Bangladesh

This study investigated the impact of Community Based Fisheries Management (CBFM) on household’s welfare by examining how the various types of assets contribute to household income. A survey of 240 households in Bangladesh was conducted from February to May 2005 to obtain information from fishermen...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Nurul Islam, Gazi Md
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English
Published:	2006
Subjects:	Fishers - Bangladesh - Economic aspects
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/5003/1/FEP_2006_4.pdf
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

id	my-upm-ir.5003
record_format	uketd_dc
spelling	my-upm-ir.50032013-05-27T07:19:41Z Community Based Institutions And Sustainable Livelihoods Of Inland Fishermen Of Bangladesh 2006 Nurul Islam, Gazi Md This study investigated the impact of Community Based Fisheries Management (CBFM) on household’s welfare by examining how the various types of assets contribute to household income. A survey of 240 households in Bangladesh was conducted from February to May 2005 to obtain information from fishermen at CBFM and non CBFM sites (control sites). The major objective of CBFM is to build local fishery community organizations for managing fisheries sustainably and improve livelihood conditions of poor fishermen. This is carried out by providing credit, training and developing social awareness so that fishermen’s capacities for managing their livelihood assets are enhanced. A livelihood assets framework is utilized and a regression model is used to analyze the factors that contribute to household income of poor fishermen under the CBFM and in non CBFM control sites.The study finds that the fishermen under CBFM areas have improved their access to different assets such as social capital, human capital, physical capital, financial capital and natural capital. The Principal Component Analysis is used to develop an index of the key variables to be considered in measuring the different asset variables. The results show that the levels of the assets are higher in the CBFM sites compared to the control sites. The participants have acquired use rights of water bodies through administrative support from the government. The organized fishermen participation in making decisions has increased. The participants received higher amount of credit (financial assets) including interest free loans from NGOs to pay for their lease fees and to meet other fisheries related costs. Both the fishermen in the project and control areas have poor productive assets. The fishermen sell their assets during the period of crisis since they do not have savings to fall back to during this period. To examine the relationship between household’s assets and income, the OLS regression is used. The explanatory variables include household characteristics such as age of household head, employment days and household size in addition to livelihood asset variables. The results of the regression show that the social capital, employment days and area of fishing are significant contributors to household income in the project areas. On the other hand, the variables such as household size, age of household head and education are significant factors in determining household income in the control areas. The contribution of social capital factors is significant to household income which indicates that these social factors play a very important role in poverty alleviation in Bangladesh.The overall findings of the study provides support for the development of community based fisheries and the investment in enhancing the multidimensional asset base of rural communities to achieve development goals of poverty alleviation and human development. Fishers - Bangladesh - Economic aspects 2006 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/5003/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/5003/1/FEP_2006_4.pdf application/pdf en public phd doctoral Universiti Putra Malaysia Fishers - Bangladesh - Economic aspects Faculty Economics and Management English
institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
collection	PSAS Institutional Repository
language	English English
topic	Fishers - Bangladesh - Economic aspects
spellingShingle	Fishers - Bangladesh - Economic aspects Nurul Islam, Gazi Md Community Based Institutions And Sustainable Livelihoods Of Inland Fishermen Of Bangladesh
description	This study investigated the impact of Community Based Fisheries Management (CBFM) on household’s welfare by examining how the various types of assets contribute to household income. A survey of 240 households in Bangladesh was conducted from February to May 2005 to obtain information from fishermen at CBFM and non CBFM sites (control sites). The major objective of CBFM is to build local fishery community organizations for managing fisheries sustainably and improve livelihood conditions of poor fishermen. This is carried out by providing credit, training and developing social awareness so that fishermen’s capacities for managing their livelihood assets are enhanced. A livelihood assets framework is utilized and a regression model is used to analyze the factors that contribute to household income of poor fishermen under the CBFM and in non CBFM control sites.The study finds that the fishermen under CBFM areas have improved their access to different assets such as social capital, human capital, physical capital, financial capital and natural capital. The Principal Component Analysis is used to develop an index of the key variables to be considered in measuring the different asset variables. The results show that the levels of the assets are higher in the CBFM sites compared to the control sites. The participants have acquired use rights of water bodies through administrative support from the government. The organized fishermen participation in making decisions has increased. The participants received higher amount of credit (financial assets) including interest free loans from NGOs to pay for their lease fees and to meet other fisheries related costs. Both the fishermen in the project and control areas have poor productive assets. The fishermen sell their assets during the period of crisis since they do not have savings to fall back to during this period. To examine the relationship between household’s assets and income, the OLS regression is used. The explanatory variables include household characteristics such as age of household head, employment days and household size in addition to livelihood asset variables. The results of the regression show that the social capital, employment days and area of fishing are significant contributors to household income in the project areas. On the other hand, the variables such as household size, age of household head and education are significant factors in determining household income in the control areas. The contribution of social capital factors is significant to household income which indicates that these social factors play a very important role in poverty alleviation in Bangladesh.The overall findings of the study provides support for the development of community based fisheries and the investment in enhancing the multidimensional asset base of rural communities to achieve development goals of poverty alleviation and human development.
format	Thesis
qualification_name	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
qualification_level	Doctorate
author	Nurul Islam, Gazi Md
author_facet	Nurul Islam, Gazi Md
author_sort	Nurul Islam, Gazi Md
title	Community Based Institutions And Sustainable Livelihoods Of Inland Fishermen Of Bangladesh
title_short	Community Based Institutions And Sustainable Livelihoods Of Inland Fishermen Of Bangladesh
title_full	Community Based Institutions And Sustainable Livelihoods Of Inland Fishermen Of Bangladesh
title_fullStr	Community Based Institutions And Sustainable Livelihoods Of Inland Fishermen Of Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed	Community Based Institutions And Sustainable Livelihoods Of Inland Fishermen Of Bangladesh
title_sort	community based institutions and sustainable livelihoods of inland fishermen of bangladesh
granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
granting_department	Faculty Economics and Management
publishDate	2006
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/5003/1/FEP_2006_4.pdf
_version_	1747810328512561152

Community Based Institutions And Sustainable Livelihoods Of Inland Fishermen Of Bangladesh

Similar Items