What Should be the Focus of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa? A CGE Analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 401-435
Author(s):  
Jean Balié ◽  
Badri Narayanan
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Import Substitution ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Market Development ◽  
Policy Reforms ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
The Impact ◽  
First Time ◽  
Data Constraints

While a lot of research has been conducted on agricultural subsidies and other forms of policy transfers in developed and developing countries alike, substantial data constraints have characterised those conducted in developing countries. For this study, we employ a novel and uniquely developed dataset on these policies in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), to analyse the impact of policy reforms, using the latest available GTAP 9.1 Data Base, in the widely employed GTAP framework, for the first time. We simulate the scenarios of removal of output subsidies, removal of ‘market development gaps’ within and outside the country. Our results indicate that removing market development gaps is likely to increase the agricultural output without affecting trade much, while removing the subsidies could harm output a lot by import-substitution of the costly domestic output. We conclude that governments in SSA may do well to focus on developing their markets better rather than cutting the assistance to their farmers, which could in fact be counter-productive instead of raising the efficiency of domestic farmers through competition. JEL Classification: C68, Q11, Q13, Q17, Q18

Democratic demands and social policies: the politics of health reform in Ghana

2011 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 381-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Carbone
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Health Reform ◽  
Policy Diffusion ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Social Policies ◽  
Third Wave ◽  
Policy Feedback ◽  
International Policy ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACTIt is commonly assumed that the advent of democracy tends to bring about social welfare improvements. Few studies, however, have examined empirically the impact of third-wave democratisation processes on social policies in developing countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Through a diachronic comparison, this paper examines the effects of Ghana's democratisation process on the evolution of its health policy. It shows that the emergence of democratic competition played an important role in the recent adoption of a crucial health reform. A policy feedback effect on politics and a process of international policy diffusion were additional but secondary factors.

Comparative Effects of Foreign Direct Investment from China and Other Sources on Africa’s Economic Growth

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 382-408
Author(s):  
Marvellous Ngundu ◽  
Nicholas Ngepah
Keyword(s):  
Direct Investment ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Growth Effects ◽  
Solow Growth Model ◽  
The Us ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
The Impact

This study examines comparatively the growth effects of FDI from China, the European Union, the US and the rest of Asia in Sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2003–2012. We develop theoretical arguments from the existing literature to show that differences in FDI data sources, methodological and econometric approaches may be part of the explanation for mixed findings of previous empirical studies, precisely on the growth effects of Chinese FDI in Africa. Our results using bilateral FDI data compiled by UNCTAD, the FDI-augmented version of the Solow growth model and the 2SLS estimator indicate a significantly negative direct impact of Chinese FDI on growth in Sub-Saharan Africa while the impact of other FDI sources is statistically insignificant. JEL Classification: B22, E22, F43

scholarly journals Institutions, credit markets and development in Sub-Saharan Africa

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 169-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nyasha Mahonye ◽  
Kwaramba Marko ◽  
Coulibaly Amina
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Credit Market ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Credit Access ◽  
Level Of Economic Development ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Development Outcomes ◽  
The Impact

This paper reviews the evidence on the impact of institutions and credit market on development outcomes. The study uses panel data techniques and the data is from 1995 to 2013. The results shows that the better the institutions, the higher the credit extension to the private sector and higher the level of economic development. This applies also to credit market. If credit market functions well, development is bound to increase. This has important implications for policy in Africa. Governments should aim to improve their institutions to increase the economic development of their countries. Also, improvement in markets, especially, credit access will increase development. Keywords: institutions, credit market, fixed effects, development and Africa. JEL Classification: E5, C23, O16, G1, G21

scholarly journals Trade and Manufacturing in Sub-Saharan Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 67-75
Author(s):  
A. Désiré Adom ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Essential Feature ◽  
Trade Openness ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
Vector Auto Regression ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Auto Regression

Trade and manufacturing have gained momentum in economic debates across Africa as of late. In particular, this study attempts to shed light on the impact of trade openness on manufacturing in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Using a dual comparative approach made of vector auto-regression (VAR) and general method of moments (GMM) applied to 36 countries, results indicate that trade openness impedes the development of manufacturing. The negative effect of trade openness, which remains very limited in scope notwithstanding, underscores an essential feature regarding the entire manufacturing sector in SSA. Indeed, the idiosyncrasies of this sector – namely, underdevelopment, nascent industries and lack of diversification, among others − severely undermine the resilience of countries in SSA as they face heightened international competition. Keywords: Trade openness, Manufacturing, Sub-Sahara Africa, Vector auto regression. JEL Classification: F14, F41, F60

scholarly journals Increasing Female Enrollment for Agricultural Programs of Study in Sub-Saharan Africa: What Motivates Women to Pursue Careers in Agriculture?

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen C. Mukembo ◽  
José M. Uscanga ◽  
M. Craig Edwards ◽  
Nicholas R. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Field Trips ◽  
Subjective Norms ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Programs Of Study ◽  
The Impact

Women in developing countries, especially in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA), play a critical role in ensuring food security and sovereignty for their families and nations. Unfortunately, in spite of this, their significance in the agricultural sector is seldom fully appreciated. Further, very few women in SSA are professionally trained agriculturists (Beintema & Di Marcantonio, 2009; Kanté, Edwards, & Blackwell, 2013), which has likely contributed to their low productivity per hectare in the agricultural sector compared to their male counterparts (O'Sullivan, Rao, Banerjee, Gulati, & Vinez, 2014). This study investigated the experiences of young, aspiring female agriculturists from Uganda who were members of Young Farmers’ Clubs (YFC) at high school to understand better how their club experiences may have impacted their career choices. Findings indicate the participants’ YFC activities, especially supervised agripreneurship projects (SAPs) and field trips, had transformative impacts on their choosing to study agriculture. However, gender stereotypes associated with females pursuing agricultural careers were still prevalent and discouraged them from becoming professional agriculturists. More research should be conducted about the impact of subjective norms (Ajzen, 1991) on females preparing to pursue careers in agriculture.

scholarly journals Within-infection diversity ofPlasmodium falciparumantigens reflects host-mediated selection

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela M. Early ◽  
Marc Lievens ◽  
Bronwyn MacInnis ◽  
Christian F. Ockenhouse ◽  
Sarah K. Volkman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Pathogen Diversity ◽  
Allele Specific ◽  
Targeted Deep Sequencing ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Uniform Manner ◽  
Amino Acid Diversity ◽  
The Impact ◽  
First Time

AbstractHost immunity exerts strong selection on pathogens, but it does not act in a uniform manner across individual hosts. By providing a direct approach for understanding host-specific selection pressures, patterns of intra-host pathogen diversity complement population genetic analyses performed on broad geographic scales. Here, we perform a combined analysis of inter- and intra-host diversity for the malaria parasitePlasmodium falciparumwith haplotype sequences of three antigens sampled from over 4,500 natural infections in sub-Saharan Africa using targeted deep sequencing. We find that multi-strain infections in young children contain non-random combinations of parasite genotypes, and identify individual amino acid positions that may contribute to strain-specific blocking of infections. These results demonstrate for the first time that natural host defenses toPlasmodiumdetectably impact which infections proceed to the blood stage within a given host. This selection partially explains the extreme amino acid diversity observed at many parasite antigens and suggests that vaccines targeting such proteins should account for the impact of allele-specific immunity.

scholarly journals Impact of Global Financial Crisis on IDB Member Countries: The Case of Gulf Cooperation Council and Sub-Saharan Africa

2008 ◽  
Vol 47 (4II) ◽  
pp. 583-601
Author(s):  
Zafar Iqbal
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Foreign Minister ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Fuel Prices ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis ◽  
The Impact

The year 2008 witnessed three major crises (food, energy, global financial and economic crises) and their impacts were increasingly felt worldwide. Since the eruption of global financial crisis from September 2008, international financial markets have become more turbulent, and the global economic slowdown is expected to deepen further. Virtually no country, developing or developed, has escaped from the impact of the global financial turbulence, although countries that entered the crisis with less integration into the global economy have generally been less affected. There is an increasing concern that the ongoing global financial turbulence is likely to transform into human crisis, particularly in the developing world. Although, it will take sometime to assess the full impact of the these crises on developed as well as developing countries, various preliminary estimates have been reported about the losses due to these crises. For example, Kuwait Foreign Minister revealed in Arab Economic Summit that Arab investors lost $2.5 trillion just in four months (September to December 2008) due to credit crunch.1 Similarly, according to the latest estimate by the Asian Development Bank, the global financial market losses reached $50 trillion in 2008, which is equivalent to one year of world GDP.2 Like other developing countries, the impacts of these crises have also been increasingly felt in IDB member countries. Firstly, a large number of member countries were affected due to high food and fuel prices and since September 2008, they are being affected directly and indirectly by the global financial crisis although the channels of transmission are different from those operating in relatively more developed member countries.

Impact of the Global Gag Rule

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yana van der Meulen Rodgers
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Logistic Regressions ◽  
Health Survey Data ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Low Exposure ◽  
The Impact

Chapter 6 offers new econometric estimates of the impact of the global gag rule on abortion rates. The analysis identifies the policy impact as the difference in abortion rates before and after the 2001 policy reinstatement and the difference between countries with high and low exposure to the policy. Abortion rates are constructed using Demographic and Health Survey data from 51 developing countries. Results from logistic regressions indicate that the global gag rule is associated with a threefold increase in the odds of women getting an abortion in Latin America and the Caribbean, a twofold increase in sub-Saharan Africa, and no net change in the Middle East and Central Asia. Results also indicate no consistent relationship between strict abortion laws and abortion rates. In the majority of developing countries exposed to the global gag rule, the policy failed to achieve its objective of discouraging women from getting an abortion.

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