Open AccessImpact of the Community‐based Fish Culture System on Expenditure and Inequality: Evidence from Bangladesh
Author(s) -
Haque A. B. M. Mahfuzul,
Dey Madan Mohan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of the world aquaculture society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.655
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1749-7345
pISSN - 0893-8849
DOI - 10.1111/jwas.12317
Subject(s) - gini coefficient , inequality , biology , fish <actinopterygii> , socioeconomics , fishery , economics , economic inequality , mathematical analysis , mathematics
This study investigated the impact of a Community‐based Fish Culture ( CBFC ) system on household expenditure and how expenditure inequality in the fish‐producing communities has changed due to involvement in the CBFC system. Six floodplains, comprising three project sites and three controls, were chosen from three river basin areas of Bangladesh; data for this study were collected for a period of 3 yr. A propensity score matching method was used to evaluate the impact of CBFC on household expenditure; while a Gini coefficient and Gini decomposition were used to estimate inequality. The results show that the CBFC system has a positive and significant impact on fish culture community household expenditure. Results also reveal that the CBFC system has an equalization effect on food, clothing, and healthcare expenditure. Furthermore, this management system helps to distribute total expenditure 15% more equally among the fish culture communities.