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CommoditiesArtisanal fishing is a central pillar of the Angolan economy, particularly in the southern province of Namibe, where it serves as the primary economic activity for numerous coastal communities.
Matilde Elvira Muneilowe Tyaima Hanamulamba +4 more
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Does nature shape risk preferences? Evidence from Chile, Norway, and Tanzania
Economic Inquiry, Volume 63, Issue 2, Page 568-590, April 2025.Abstract Does exposure to a more risky environment affect risk preferences? Going beyond single‐case study evidence, we report results from five surveys conducted in three countries and link this with administrative data to study whether a link between exposure and preferences is detectable and widespread. We find no evidence for endogenous preferences
Florian Diekert, Robbert‐Jan Schaap
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Ambiente e pesca tradicional: foco em Itapissuma, no Canal de Santa Cruz, Pernambuco
Cadernos de Estudos Sociais, 2011 Este artigo focaliza a pesca artesanal desenvolvida na região do Canal de Santa Cruz - PE, pela comunidade pesqueira de Itapissuma, e os problemas ambientais que afetam a atividade.
Tarcisio Quinamo
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Competition and payments to African chiefs on the Gold Coast during the slave trade, 1679‒1704
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract The manuscript records of the Royal African Company show that the Company paid African chiefs for access to trade along the caravan routes on the Gold Coast in the seventeenth century. This paper documents and examines these payments. Using an event study, I establish that after the Glorious Revolution in 1688 when the Company's monopoly in ...
Jose Rowell Corpuz
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Technical Efficiency of Artisanal Fishing Households in Malawi
Research on World Agricultural EconomyThis study assesses the technical efficiency of artisanal fishing households in Malawi using the stochastic production frontier model, particularly, the Cobb-Douglas model. The specific objectives of the study were two-fold: to measure the productivity of the artisanal fishers in Malawi and to find the determinants of their technical efficiency.
Fredrick Mangwaya Banda +1 more
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An evaluation of the artisanal fisheries resources of the Cross River State of Nigeria [PDF]
, 1987 The Cross River State (Nigeria) marine and freshwater artisanal capture fisheries are divided into 4 categories according to the type of resources being exploited.
Moses, B.S.
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Artisanal fishing boats in Seychelles
, 1996 The results of a census of fishing boats on Mahe, Praslin and La Digue are presented. In total 437 boats were counted of which 278 were outboards with engine, 48 were open whaler, 35 were pirogues, 25 were lekonomi, 22 were schooners, 11 were semi-industrial so were lavenir, 12 were 'others', 8 were whaler with deck, 4 were nouvo lavenir and 3 were ...
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Chasing the perfida Albione: Anglo‐Italian productivity gap in the late 1930s
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This paper presents new estimates of Anglo‐Italian labour productivity levels in manufacturing in the late 1930s, derived using the standard single‐deflation approach. The findings confirm a substantial productivity gap between Italy and the United Kingdom at the aggregate level, alongside pronounced intersectoral heterogeneity.
Tancredi Salamone
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Yemaya, No. 25, July 2007 [PDF]
, 2007 Battling against Wind and Tide - Latin America/ Uruguay. Women’s Changing Participation - Oceania/ Pacific Islands. From Challenge to Opportunity - Latin America/ Chile. AKTEA Meets Again - European Union. Why Are We in CONAPE?
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Gender inequality in urban British Africa: Evidence from Anglican marriage registers
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract We examine the colonial origins and evolution of gender inequality in mission schooling and formal labour force participation across six cities in British colonial Africa, using marriage register data for some 30,000 Anglican brides and grooms well‐positioned to benefit from colonial educational and employment opportunities.
Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Jacob Weisdorf
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