Essam Yassin Mohammed
Principal researcher (environmental economics), Shaping Sustainable Markets
Essam Yassin Mohammed's work focuses on environmental and development economics, including the economic valuation of environmental resources and the use of economic instruments for natural resource governance.
He is particularly interested in the economics of ocean and fisheries and is currently researching the use of economic incentives for marine and coastal conservation and sustainable fisheries management. He is also researching the use of fiscal reforms and market-based instruments for sustainable financing of natural resources governance in the developing world.
He has experience of working in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Before IIED, he was head of the Fisheries Promotion Unit at the Ministry of Fisheries, Eritrea.
Development economics; environmental economics; economic valuation of the environment; economics of fisheries; financial inclusion; payments for ecosystem services.
Experience in Asia (Japan, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Bangladesh), Africa (Eritrea, Tanzania, Mozambique and Mali) and Latin America (Brazil, Costa Rica).
Research on financial inclusion; innovative financing for sustainable development; fiscal reforms; the use of economic incentives for marine and coastal conservation in general and fisheries management in particular; assessing preferences for compensation packages using choice experiment method; and 'leave no one behind' in the context of SDGs.
Fisheries scientist and head of Fisheries Promotion Unit at the Ministry of Fisheries, Eritrea.
PhD in International Development, Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University (Japan); MSc in International Development (GPA 4.0), Nagoya University (Japan); BSc in Marine Biology and Fisheries Science, Asmara University (Eritrea).
English, Arabic, Tigrinya (native), Amharic and Japanese
Essam Yassin Mohammed's blog posts
During a recent visit to the Albanian coastal town of Shëngjin, Essam Yassin Mohammed heard about the obstacles facing the small-scale fishing community, and was struck by recurring challenges facing artisanal fishers in different parts of the global South.
The world is nearing an agreement to manage the half of the planet's surface area that is currently ungoverned. Essam Yassin Mohammed examines the battle for our ocean
As a high-level conference on protecting Africa's seas and oceans gets under way, Essam Yassin Mohammed reflects on the multiple dimensions to maritime security in Africa's coastal regions.
What does the Sustainable Development Goals' exhortation to 'leave no one behind' mean for a small-scale fishing community in Bangladesh?
The Istanbul Programme of Action sets out a roadmap for the world's poorest nations to climb the development ladder – but challenges hinder progress.
Essam Yassin Mohammed reports back from the first round of a UN preparatory meeting to create an agreement on the sustainable use of marine biodiversity in the high seas.
Compensation supports fisher families during a ban on hilsa fishing in Bangladesh – but a visit to a family in Govinda exposes the harsh realities of income loss.
Falling oil prices might be benefiting the UK economy, but are the world's fish stocks paying the price?
A Sustainable Development Goal for oceans, seas and marine resources is a significant milestone, but how will it be financed and who will benefit?
The first official day of the decade for African Seas and Oceans provides a timely reason to think about how marine resources could better contribute to Africa's economy.
On World Oceans Day, Essam Yassin Mohammed says it is time to rethink the way we look at the world's ocean resources.
Calculating the economic value of a threatened wetland proved a turning point for IIED's Essam Mohammed. He argues the case for putting a value on nature to get your message across.
A chance conversation with a Bangladeshi fisherman may have paid off.
Could participants at the climate summit only see the colour green? How else can we explain the near total absence of the oceans from the programme and declarations, asks Essam Yassin Mohammed.
When Essam Yassin Mohammed asked a former fisherman in Bangladesh how to protect a fish that feeds millions of people, he learnt about four overlooked factors that intensify threats to the species.