Impact Assessment: assessing the social dimensions of fisheries research projects in the Asia-Pacific Region

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Figure 1. SIA conceptual and analytical framework.

(Source: authors adaptation of Vanclay (2003))

Figure 2. Study area map showing countries with ACIAR Fisheries Program projects.

Table 1. Impact categories used to code and analyse data.

Changes in:	Evidence of changes
Community health and wellbeing	Health benefits gained and contribution to wellbeing	Community cohesion and stability, Services and facilities	Efforts in community engagement and knowledge sharing
Culture and people’s way of life	Contribution to people’s shared value, influence on people’s culture and attitudes	New ways of doing things	New values that improve the quality of life
Community livelihood and economy	New businesses that benefited the community	Increased employment opportunity	Increased fisheries productivity and sustainability
Governance and politics	Community participation in decision-making	Barriers to participation removed, Inspire to create agreed vision	Contributed to informed policy formulation, Improved governance
People’s aspirations and fears	Contribution to positive community attitudes	People aspire and plan	Community feels things are changing for the better

Vanclay F. 2003. International principles for social impact assessment. Impact Assessment Project Appraisal. 21(1):5–12.

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