Fishing for Development
Asian Development Bank (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 1. November 2008
30 pages
978-92-9257-195-5 (ISBN)
Description
In the 1990s, the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) turned its fisheries industry to a more open, lucrative and private sector driven, with the support of a series of strategic capacity development interventions sponsored by the Asian Development Bank. The turnaround in RMI's fisheries sector, which is described in this case as "one of the more positive episodes in the economic history of the Marshall Islands", was attributed, at least in part, to the leadership of RMI stakeholders, effective use of external advisors, and a flexible, adaptive and holistic approach to sector reforms.
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Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Foreword
- Marshall Islands Facts
- Background
- The Challenge
- Reforms and Rethinking Fisheries Development
- The Case
- Technical Assistance Design: Sequencing of Inputs and Relying on Experienced Consultants
- Implementation of Technical Assistance Project: Supporting Policy Development and Organizational Change
- Critical Relationships
- Moving Beyond the Original Design
- Turning Point
- Resistance and Challenges
- Enhancing Capacity, Improving Performance
- Marshall Islands Fisheries: Before and After
- The Sustainability Challenge
- Reflections: What Have We Learned?
- Systems Approach to Capacity Development
- Organizational Change
- Learning, Adaptation, and Time
- Understanding the Context
- The Role of External Consultants
- Enhancing Capacity to See the Bigger Picture
- Ownership: Critical to Effective Capacity Development
- Conclusion: A Significant Story
