Abstract

Globalization has affected the livelihoods of fishing communities in South Asia in several ways since the late 1950s. In this chapter we study one facet of these developments — the adoption of beach-landing fibre-reinforced plastic (FRP) boats by fishing households in Tamil Nadu, India. The diffusion of this new technology, which replaces traditional wooden boats, is as much a product of ongoing globalizing trends as it is a response to distortions caused by previous waves of innovation triggered by globalization.

Highlights

  • Globalization has a¤ected the livelihoods of ...shing communities in south Asia in several ways over the past half century

  • The di¤usion of this new technology, which replaces traditional artisan wooden boats, is as much a product of ongoing globalizing trends as it is a response to distortions caused by previous waves of innovation triggered by globalization

  • The mean income and inequality paths for the ...rst simulation very closely follow the respective paths generated from the actual asset data, which suggests that the observed income pattern accompanying the introduction of the new technology closely resembles a situation in which all households are substantially credit-constrained

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Summary

Introduction

Globalization has a¤ected the livelihoods of ...shing communities in south Asia in several ways over the past half century. When we simulate the adoption process for a sample of only rich households, in contrast, the process of adoption is completed ten times as fast as observed in the actual data, implying that rich communities can enjoy the bene...t from technological innovation, and grow, considerably faster than poor ones. These ...ndings provide a micro illustration of Nissanke and Thorbecke’s (2005) point that the relationship between globalization and poverty is complex and may be non-linear.

Globalization and South India’s Fishing Sector
The Study Village
Individual Wealth and Technology Adoption
Estimation
Estimating the Income Change from Adoption
Determinants of the Timing of Technology Adoption
The Role of Wealth
Simulation
Findings
Conclusions
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