Fishing for coherence in West Africa
Subtitle: policy coherence in the fisheries sector in seven West African countries.
Contributors: Binet, Thomas.; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Series: The development dimension
Publisher: OECD
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 123
ISBN-13: 9789264040588
Subjects: Fishery policy -- Africa, West; Fisheries -- Africa, West; Fishery management -- Africa, West
Other titles: Cohérence des politiques en matière de développement dans le secteur des pêches en Afrique de l'Ouest.
Description: Fisheries represent up to 30% of state budget revenues in West African countries and employ 7 million people in West and Central Africa. If the sector is to develop, or simply continue to exist at present levels, a number of policy challenges will have to be addressed. The number of issues is vast, ranging from illiteracy to EU trade policy. The Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC) and the OECD Fisheries Division is working with regional organizations to help them address the question of policy coherence. This book provides not only an analytical framework adapted to the local context, but also an action framework based on the facts and realities in the field in order to improve the coherence of fisheries policies.--Publisher's description.
Notes: Also available in French under the title: Cohérence des politiques en matière de développement dans le secteur des pêches en Afrique de l'Ouest.

"The report presented in this book has been written by Thomas Binet"--P. 4.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-109).

Available both in print and online.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Regional review of West African fisheries; title: General approach to the concept of policy coherence; title: Fisheries policy coherence for development : the contrast between developed countries and developing/West African countries; title: The challenges of fisheries policy coherence for development in West Africa; title: Lessons learned and future prospects : towards improved policy coherence for control and management.