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Reproducibility package for A Fish Cartel for Africa

2023
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Reference ID
RR_AFR_2023_17-v01
DOI
https://doi.org/10.60572/0qzr-qv31
Author(s)
Gabriel Englander, Christopher Costello
Collections
World Bank Policy Research Working Papers
Metadata
JSON
Created on
Oct 26, 2023
Last modified
Feb 05, 2024
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    Abstract

    Many countries sell fishing rights to foreign nations and fishers. Although African coastal waters are among the world’s most biologically rich, African countries earn much less than their peers from selling access to foreign fishers. African countries sell fishing access individually (in contrast to some Pacific countries who sell access as a bloc). We develop a bilateral oligopoly model to simulate the effects of an African fish cartel. The model shows that wielding market power entails both ecological and economic dimensions. Africa would substantially restrict access catch, which raises biomass by 16%. But this also confers economic benefits to all African nations, raising profits by an average of 23%. These benefits arise because market power shifts from foreign buyers to African sellers. While impediments to sustainable development like corruption are hard to change in the medium-term, deeper African integration is an already-emerging solution to African countries’ economic and ecological challenges.

    Reproducibility Package

    Scripts
    Readme Get Reproducibility Package
    Link: https://reproducibility.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/70/download/166/README.pdf
    Reproducibility package (code and data) for A fish cartel for Africa
    Title
    Reproducibility package (code and data) for A fish cartel for Africa
    Date
    2023-10
    Software
    R
    Dependencies
    All dependencies are stored in the renv.lock file in the reproducibility package.
    Instructions
    See README in reproducibility package.
    Notes
    Computational reproducibility verified by Development Impact (DIME) Analytics team, World Bank.
    Source code repository
    Repository name URI
    Reproducible Research Repository (World Bank) https://reproducibility.worldbank.org
    Software
    R
    Name
    R
    Version
    4.2.1

    Reproducibility

    Technology environment

    Paper exhibits were reproduced in one computer with the following specifications:
    • OS: Windows 10 Enterprise, version 21H2
    • Processor: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6226R CPU @ 2.9GHz (20 CPUs)
    • Memory available: 128 GB
    • Software version: R 4.2.1

    Technology requirements

    ~75 hours runtime. This can be reduced by using more cores in some of the scripts of the reproducibility package. The README describes how to modify the number of cores used for computation.

    Data

    Datasets
    World Bank Open Data on Consumer Price Indices
    Name
    World Bank Open Data on Consumer Price Indices
    Note
    Data was downloaded on December 1, 2021
    Data URL
    https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/FP.CPI.TOTL
    Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency data on PNA countries' access fee revenue
    Name
    Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency data on PNA countries' access fee revenue
    Note
    Data was downloaded on September 23, 2021
    Data URL
    https://www.ffa.int/node/2596
    Global Fishing Watch data on fishing vessels and fishing activity
    Name
    Global Fishing Watch data on fishing vessels and fishing activity
    Note
    Data was downloaded on April 7, 2022
    Data URL
    https://globalfishingwatch.org/datasets-and-code/
    Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency data on catch in PNA countries' waters
    Name
    Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency data on catch in PNA countries' waters
    Note
    Data was downloaded on August 9, 2022
    Data URL
    https://www.ffa.int/node/2721
    Sea Around US data on catch in African and PNA countries' waters
    Name
    Sea Around US data on catch in African and PNA countries' waters
    Note
    Replicators who wish to re-download the raw data must manually click on each country, and then click "Download Data" for that country.
    Data URL
    https://www.seaaroundus.org/data/#/eez
    Flanders Marine Institute data on countries' Exclusive Economic Zones
    Name
    Flanders Marine Institute data on countries' Exclusive Economic Zones
    Note
    Data was downloaded on September 23, 2021
    Data URL
    https://www.marineregions.org/downloads.php
    Data statement

    All data is public and contained in the reproducibility package. Please refer to the README file for full details.

    Description

    Output
    A fish cartel for Africa
    Type
    Working Paper
    Title
    A fish cartel for Africa
    Authors
    Gabriel Englander, Christopher Costello
    Description
    Policy Research Working Paper (PRWP)
    URL
    http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099528011032341633/IDU044b7309903a1b0401f097e406532c42b6cc4
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10594
    Authors
    Author Affiliation Email
    Gabriel Englander World Bank aenglander@worldbank.org
    Christopher Costello Environmental Markets Lab, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management costello@bren.ucsb.edu
    Date of production

    2023-09

    Scope and coverage

    Geographic locations
    Location Code
    Africa AFR

    Disclaimer

    Disclaimer

    The materials in the reproducibility packages are distributed as they were prepared by the staff of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this event do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Bank, the Executive Directors of the World Bank, or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the materials included in the reproducibility package.

    Access and rights

    License
    Name URI
    Modified BSD3 https://opensource.org/license/bsd-3-clause/

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email
    Gabriel Englander World Bank aenglander@worldbank.org
    Reproducibility WBG World Bank reproducibility@worldbank.org

    Information on metadata

    Producers
    Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
    San Martin LESM World Bank Junior data scientist
    Date of Production

    2023-10-11

    Document version

    1

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