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Distortions to Agriculture and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa

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dc.contributor.authorAnderson, Kym
dc.contributor.authorBrückner, Markus
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-02T22:42:54Z
dc.date.available2013-01-02T22:42:54Z
dc.date.issued2012-09
dc.description.abstractTo what extent has Sub-Saharan Africa's slow economic growth over the past five decades been due to price and trade policies that discouraged production of agricultural relative to non-agricultural tradables? This paper uses a new set of estimates of policy induced distortions to relative agricultural prices to address this question econometrically. First, the authors test if these policy distortions respond to economic growth, using rainfall and international commodity price shocks as instrumental variables. They find that on impact there is no significant response of relative agricultural price distortions to changes in real GDP per capita growth. Then, the authors test the reverse proposition and find a statistically significant and sizable negative effect of relative agricultural price distortions on the growth rate of Sub-Saharan African countries. The fixed effects estimates yield that, during the 1960-2005 period, a ten percentage points increase in distortions to relative agricultural prices decreased the region's real GDP per capita growth rate by about half a percentage point per annum.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/09/16762995/distortions-agriculture-economic-growth-sub-saharan-africa
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6206
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/12059
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; No. 6206
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectABSOLUTE TERMS
dc.subjectABSOLUTE VALUE
dc.subjectADJUSTMENT COSTS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL GROWTH
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRICE
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRICES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SECTOR
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL TRADE
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectAVERAGE INCOME
dc.subjectAVERAGE INCOMES
dc.subjectAVERAGE SHARE
dc.subjectBIDDING
dc.subjectBOND
dc.subjectBUSINESS CYCLE
dc.subjectCAPITAL ACCUMULATION
dc.subjectCAPITAL STOCK
dc.subjectCIVIL WAR
dc.subjectCOMMODITIES
dc.subjectCOMMODITY
dc.subjectCOMMODITY EXPORT
dc.subjectCOMMODITY EXPORTS
dc.subjectCOMMODITY PRICE
dc.subjectCOMMODITY PRICES
dc.subjectCONSUMERS
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION GROWTH
dc.subjectCOUNTRY CASE
dc.subjectCOUNTRY FIXED EFFECTS
dc.subjectCOUNTRY LEVEL
dc.subjectCOUNTRY SPECIFIC
dc.subjectCROSS-COUNTRY DIFFERENCES
dc.subjectDATA MODEL
dc.subjectDATA SET
dc.subjectDEPENDENT VARIABLE
dc.subjectDESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRY
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
dc.subjectDOWNWARD BIAS
dc.subjectDYNAMIC PANEL
dc.subjectECONOMETRIC MODEL
dc.subjectECONOMETRIC MODELS
dc.subjectECONOMETRICS
dc.subjectECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC POLICY
dc.subjectECONOMIC REFORM
dc.subjectECONOMIC REVIEW
dc.subjectECONOMICS LITERATURE
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL LITERATURE
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL RESULTS
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL SUPPORT
dc.subjectERROR TERM
dc.subjectESTIMATED COEFFICIENT
dc.subjectESTIMATED COEFFICIENTS
dc.subjectESTIMATION TECHNIQUES
dc.subjectEXCHANGE RATE
dc.subjectEXOGENOUS CHANGES
dc.subjectEXPENDITURE
dc.subjectEXPLANATORY VARIABLE
dc.subjectEXPORT TAXES
dc.subjectEXPORTS
dc.subjectEXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectFINANCIAL SUPPORT
dc.subjectFIXED CAPITAL
dc.subjectFIXED EFFECTS
dc.subjectFIXED EFFECTS ESTIMATION
dc.subjectFOREIGN EXCHANGE
dc.subjectFREE MARKET
dc.subjectFUNCTIONAL FORM
dc.subjectGDP PER CAPITA
dc.subjectGENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS
dc.subjectGLOBALIZATION
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectGROWTH DATA
dc.subjectGROWTH DYNAMICS
dc.subjectGROWTH EFFECT
dc.subjectGROWTH LITERATURE
dc.subjectGROWTH PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectGROWTH RATE
dc.subjectGROWTH RATES
dc.subjectGROWTH REGRESSIONS
dc.subjectIMPERFECT COMPETITION
dc.subjectIMPORT TARIFFS
dc.subjectINDUSTRIALIZATION
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL MARKET
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectLONG-RUN GROWTH
dc.subjectMACROECONOMICS
dc.subjectMARGINAL EFFECT
dc.subjectMARKET EQUILIBRIUM
dc.subjectMINIMUM LEVEL
dc.subjectNATURAL RESOURCE
dc.subjectNEGATIVE COEFFICIENT
dc.subjectNEGATIVE EFFECT
dc.subjectNEGATIVE GROWTH
dc.subject0 HYPOTHESIS
dc.subjectOUTPUT GROWTH
dc.subjectOVERVALUED EXCHANGE
dc.subjectOVERVALUED EXCHANGE RATES
dc.subjectPANEL REGRESSIONS
dc.subjectPER CAPITA GROWTH
dc.subjectPER CAPITA GROWTH RATE
dc.subjectPOLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subjectPOLICY REFORM
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPOLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectPOLITICAL REGIME
dc.subjectPOSITIVE COEFFICIENT
dc.subjectPOSITIVE EFFECT
dc.subjectPOSITIVE GROWTH
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPRICE DISTORTIONS
dc.subjectPRICE INDEX
dc.subjectPRICE INDICES
dc.subjectPRICE POLICIES
dc.subjectPRIMARY PRODUCTS
dc.subjectPRIVATE CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectPRODUCER PRICES
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
dc.subjectREAL GDP
dc.subjectREAL INCOME
dc.subjectRELATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS
dc.subjectRELATIVE PRICES
dc.subjectSERIAL CORRELATION
dc.subjectSERIES DATA
dc.subjectSHORT-RUN GROWTH
dc.subjectSIGNIFICANCE LEVEL
dc.subjectSIGNIFICANT EFFECT
dc.subjectSIGNIFICANT IMPACT
dc.subjectSIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE
dc.subjectSIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS
dc.subjectSTANDARD DEVIATION
dc.subjectSTRUCTURAL CHANGE
dc.subjectSUPPLY CHAIN
dc.subjectTAX
dc.subjectTAXATION
dc.subjectTRADABLE SECTORS
dc.subjectTRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subjectTRADE OPENNESS
dc.subjectTRADE POLICIES
dc.subjectTRADE POLICY
dc.subjectTRADE TAXES
dc.subjectUNDISTORTED PRICES
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectURBANIZATION
dc.subjectVALUE ADDED
dc.subjectWORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
dc.subjectWORLD ECONOMY
dc.subjectWORLD TRADE
dc.subjectWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
dc.subjectWTO
dc.titleDistortions to Agriculture and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africaen
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okr.crossref.titleDistortions to Agriculture and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
okr.date.disclosure2012-09-01
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T12:15:13.112908Z
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okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/09/16762995/distortions-agriculture-economic-growth-sub-saharan-africa
okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeFinance and Markets
okr.globalpracticeTrade and Competitiveness
okr.guid323481468008770550
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6206
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicEconomic Theory and Research
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Markets and Market Access
okr.topicPrivate Sector Development::Emerging Markets
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Achieving Shared Growth
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
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