RAP PUBLICATION 2007/03 Integrating Fisheries into the Development Discourse | |
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2. Growth and equity: Grounds for inserting fisheries into key national policy documents
A. Fisheries: The growth argument for inclusion
B. Fisheries: The equity argument for inclusion
C. The socio-economic importance of fisheries in developing APFIC states
3.Poverty reduction strategy papers, national development plans and the fisheries sector
B. Analysis of key national policy documents
C. Sectoral importance and the mainstreaming of fisheries into national policy documents
4. Conclusion – The way forward
APPENDICES
Appendix 1: Trade, consumption, employment, and rural poverty data