Marine Resource Conservation and Poverty Reduction Strategies in Tanzania Book

Acknowledgement     VII
Table of Contents     XI
List of Tables     XV
List of Figures     XVII
Abbreviations and Acronyms     XIX
Summary of the Book     1
Introduction and Overview     3
Background to the Problem     3
Introduction     3
The Challenge of Sustainable Use of Marine and Coastal Resources in Tanzania     5
Objective and Significance of the Study     9
Theoretical Framework for Analysis     10
Organization of the Book     11
Methodology and the Study Area     11
General Approach and Data Collection Methods     11
Questionnaire Construction and Interview Strategies     13
Background Information of the Study Area     14
Location     14
Population     15
Infrastructure and Services     17
Occupation Structure in the Study Area     18
Occupational Problems     20
Assets Profile     22
Division of Labor     27
Property Ownership     28
Management of Marine and Coastal Resources     29
Costal Rural Households and Decision to Participate in Various Activities     31
Introduction     31
Conceptual Framework     33
Empirical Approach     35
Data Analysis     35
Variables Used     36
Results and Discussion     42
Activities Participation Patterns and Asset Heterogeneity     42
The Determinants of Participation in Different Economic Activities     46
The Determinants of Total Household Income     51
Conclusions and Policy Implications     53
Small-scale Fishing Households and Technical Efficiency     57
Introduction     57
Methodological Issues     59
Data, Variables and Empirical Model     62
Data and Variables     62
Empirical Model     65
Empirical Results and Discussion     67
Production Frontier     68
Technical Efficiency Distribution and Heterogeneity     70
Determinants of Technical Inefficiency     72
Conclusions and Policy Implications     74
Households Attitudes Towards Marine Resource Conservation     77
Introduction     77
Conceptual Framework and Hypotheses     79
Methodology     83
Data and Descriptive Analysis      83
Data Analysis     84
Results     85
Perceived Attitude Towards the Establishment of MPA and Management Opinions: Descriptive Statistics     85
Factors Affecting the Attituded of Households Towards MPAs Establishment: Reression Analysis     88
Discussion     93
Concluding Remarks     98
Conclusion     99
Rural Households and Various Activities Participation in Tanzanian Coastal Villages     100
Small-scale Fishing Households and Technical Efficiency in Tanzanian Coastal Villages     102
Perceived Attitudes and Marine and Coastal Resources Conservation Initiatives in Tanzanian Coastal Villages     103
Overall Contribution of the Study and Policy Implications     104
Areas for Future Research     105
Concluding Remarks     105
Questionnaire     107
Bibliography     125