This article is based on the study, ôStrategies and Options for Increasing and Sustaining Benefi ts from Fisheries and Aquaculture Production to Benefi t Poor Households in Asiaö, carried out under ADB-RETA 5945, and implemented by the WorldFish Center in partnership with nine participating...

One of the most important and recurrent concept in international macroeconomics is Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) hypothesis. PPP has been used as a theory of domestic price determination under fixed exchange rate regime and a theory of exchange rate determination under flexible exchange rate...

Using a state-of-the art computer model of global supply and demand for food and feed commodities, this book projects the likely changes in the fisheries sector over the next two decades. As prices for most food commodities fall, fish prices are expected to rise, reflecting demand for fish that...

In Asia, the fisheries sector is important in terms of food security, livelihoods and foreign exchange earnings. However, as in many parts of the world, there are signs that capture fisheries are fully exploited or overfished. Management of fisheries in the region is often hampered by lack of...

This publication is an outcome of the ôInternational Consultative Workshop for Economic Valuation and Policy Priorities for Sustainable Management of Coral Reefsö held at the WorldFish Center's Headquarters in Penang, Malaysia, 8-10 December 2001.The overall goal of the workshop was to...