Migration and Household Economic Diversification in the Palawan Fishing Economy
Description: 
The project concerns the complex and changing relationships between migration, household economic strategies, and the exploitation of coastal zone resources on Palawan Island, the Philippines. My previous research on Palawan has concerned processes of demographic, economic, social, and cultural change among the indigenous and migrant residents of the island's forested uplands. A methodological focus on household economic strategies links the present proposal with this prior research, but new here are my intents to work with Cebuano-speaking migrants to Palawan, to study fishing and coastal zone economic activities, and to explore problems of natural resource management.
Eder, J. (2008). Migrants to the coasts: Livelihood, resource management and global change in the Philippines. Series on Contemporary Social Issues. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Cengage.
Eder, J. F. (2005). Coastal resource management and social differences in Philippine fishing communities. Human Ecology, 33, 147-169.
- James F. Eder, Principal Investigator
US Department of State
CIES Fulbright ($12,500)
