Economic Growth and Development

Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa: Agriculture, Urbanization and Income Growth

Authors
Mary Tiffen
Publisher
World Development
Publication date
Location
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X03000883
Source / Citation
Tiffen, M. 2003. "Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa: Agriculture, Urbanization and Income Growth" World Development.31(8):1343-1366.

Econometric analysis of some 40 years of data has provided mixed results, because of the defects of the data, and because there are some relatively sudden structural economic shifts. An important shift is when agricultural labor ceases to grow, now happening in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). A model of the interrelationship over time of the rural, mainly agricultural sector, and the urban, mainly manufacturing and service sector, is proposed. Each provides a market to the other. Growth in both requires investment, but of distinctly different types.

Aid, spending strategies and productivity effects: A multi-sectoral CGE analysis for Zambia
Authors
Volker Clausen and Hannah Schürenberg-Frosch
Publisher
University of Duisburg-Essen
Publication date
yuan 27 Aug, 2012 13:28
Location
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2012.06.018
Source / Citation
Volker Clausen, Hannah Hannah Schurenberg-Frosch. 2012. "Aid, spending strategies and productivity effects: A multi-sectoral CGE analysis for Zambia." Economic Modelling 29(6):2254-2268.http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2012.06.018
Country
Zambia

Numerous econometric studies fail to detect a significant and robust relationship between international aid and economic growth in the recipient countries. Dutch Disease effects might be responsible for this result. This paper examines the relation between aid and its effectiveness in a multi-sector multi-household Computable General Equilibrium (CGE)-framework.

Integrating livestock in the CAADP framework: Policy analysis using a dynamic computable general equilibrium model for Ethiopia
Authors
Gelan, Ayele
Engida, Ermias
Caria, A. Stefano
Karugia, Joseph
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Publication date
yuan 27 Aug, 2012 13:18
Location
https://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/essprn13.pdf
Country
Ethiopia

This study examines the magnitude of the macro and welfare effects generated by a realistic acceleration in the productivity growth of the Ethiopian livestock sector, as compared to historical trends and to alternative scenarios of productivity expansion in the cereal and cash crop sectors. Results from the dynamic general equilibrium simulations show large aggregate gains from livestock productivity acceleration and effects on poor households’ incomes and consumption that are roughly in line with those obtained under cereal growth.

Biofuels and Economic Development: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis for Tanzania
Authors
Arndt, Channing
Pauw, Karl
Thurlow, James
Publisher
Energy Economics
Publication date
yuan 20 Aug, 2012 12:20
Location
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140988312001648?v=s5
Source / Citation
Arndt, C., Pauw, K., and Thurlow, J., 2012. "Biofuels and Economic Development: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis for Tanzania" Energy Economics. Article in Press. First published online on August 10, 2012
Country
Tanzania

Biofuels could offer new economic opportunities for low-income countries. We use a recursive dynamic computable general equilibrium model of Tanzania to evaluate different biofuels production options and estimate their impacts on growth and poverty. Our results indicate that maximizing the poverty-reducing effects of biofuels production in countries like Tanzania will require engaging and improving the productivity of smallholder farmers. Evidence shows that cassava-based ethanol production is more profitable than other feedstock options.

Strategies and Priorities for African Agriculture: Economywide perspectives from country studies

Authors
Diao, Xinshen (ed.)
Thurlow, James (ed.)
Benin, Samuel (ed.)
Fan, Shenggen (ed.)
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Publication date
Location
https://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/oc73.pdf

For the first time in many years, Africa has enjoyed a period of strong and sustained economic growth. The agricultural sector has also grown at a moderate rate, and this growth has contributed to significant reductions in poverty in many African countries. This improved agricultural performance is consistent with continentwide initiatives—one of the most important being the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme—which aim to raise rural incomes, reduce poverty, and increase food and nutrition security through agricultural investment and growth.

Regional Trends Report for the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)

Publisher
Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS)
Publication date
Location
https://www.resakss.org/index.php?pdf=1355
Source / Citation
Regional Trends Report for the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). July, 2007. ReSAKSS-ECA.

The Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) node for Eastern and Central Africa (ECA) has been set up to support agricultural and rural development strategy formulation and implementation.

Monitoring Agricultural Sector Performance, Growth, and Poverty in Africa

Authors
Johnson, M., B. Omilola, K. Flaherty, T. Makombe, M. MacNeil, and L. Horowitz
Publisher
Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS)
Publication date
Location
https://www.resakss.org/index.php?pdf=1354
Source / Citation
Johnson, M., B. Omilola, K. Flaherty, T. Makombe, M. MacNeil, and L. Horowitz. ReSAKSS Annual Trends Report 2008: Monitoring Agricultural Sector Performance, Growth, and Poverty in Africa.

The Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) is an Africa-wide network of regional nodes supporting the Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), in collaboration with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Africa-based centers of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), to facilitate the implement

Recent Trends and Future Prospects for: Agricultural Growth, Poverty Reduction and Investment in Southern Africa

Publisher
Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS)
Publication date
Location
https://www.resakss.org/index.php?pdf=50938
Source / Citation
Recent Trends and Future Prospects for: Agricultural Growth, Poverty Reduction and Investment in Southern Africa, ReSAKSS -SA ATOR 2009

The Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) is an Africa-wide network of regional nodes supporting the Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), in collaboration with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Africa-based centers of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), to facilitate the implement

Weathering the Storm: Agricultural Development, Investment, and Poverty in Africa Following the Recent Food Price Crisis

Authors
Omilola, B. and M. Lambert
Publisher
Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS)
Publication date
Location
https://www.resakss.org/index.php?pdf=42774
Source / Citation
Omilola, B. and M. Lambert. 2010. Weathering the Storm: Agricultural Development, Investment, and Poverty in Africa Following the Recent Food Price Crisis.ReSAKSS-Africa Wide Annual Trends and Outlook Report 2009.

The Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) is an Africa-wide network of regional nodes supporting the Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), in collaboration with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Africa-based centers of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), to facilitate the implement

Monitoring African agricultural development processes and performance: A comparative analysis.

Authors
Benin, S., Kennedy, A., Lambert, M., and L. McBride.
Publisher
Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS)
Publication date
Location
https://www.resakss.org/index.php?pdf=50920
Source / Citation
Benin, S., Kennedy, A., Lambert, M., and L. McBride. 2011. "Monitoring African agricultural development processes and performance: A comparative analysis." ReSAKSS Africa Wide Annual Trends and Outlook Report 2010.

The Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) is an Africa-wide network of regional nodes supporting the Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), in collaboration with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Africa-based centers of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), to facilitate the implement

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