Voodoo versus fishing committees : the role of traditional and contemporary institutions in fisheries management
Elena Briones Alonso; Romain Houssa; Marijke Verpoorten
We study the co-existence of two community-based institutions for fisheries management in Benin: a traditional institution embedded in the Voodoo religion and a recent secular institution in the form of fishing committees. Using household survey data on fishing activities, we find that rules of both institutions have a statistically significant but small impact on the use of unsustainable fishing gear. We further find that Voodoo fishers who break the traditional Voodoo-based rule follow the fishing committee rule to the same extent as other fishers. This finding is consistent with a possible transition from the traditional Voodoo-based institution to the secular fishing committee institution. More research is needed to fully assess the effectiveness of, and interactions between, the two institutions.
Year of publication: |
2015
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Authors: | Alonso, Elena Briones ; Houssa, Romain ; Verpoorten, Marijke |
Publisher: |
Leuven : LICOS |
Subject: | Fischerei | Fisheries | Embeddedness | Religion | Institutionelle Infrastruktur | Institutional infrastructure | Benin |
Saved in:
freely available
Extent: | Online-Ressource (40, 32 S.) graph. Darst.; Kt. |
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Series: | LICOS discussion paper series / LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance : discussion paper. - Leuven : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ZDB-ID 2432254-4. - Vol. 364 |
Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature |
Language: | English |
Other identifiers: | hdl:10419/126501 [Handle] |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010486396