Boccanfuso, DorotheeCoulibaly, MassaTimilsina, Govinda R.Savard, Luc2013-09-262013-09-262013-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/15859Mali, a landlocked West African nation at the southern edge of the Sahara Desert, has introduced a program to produce biodiesel using jatropha curcas, a non-edible shrub widely available throughout the country by farmers for generations as a living fence for their gardens. The aim of the program is to partially substitute diesel, which is entirely supplied through imports, with domestic biodiesel produced from a feedstock that does not have any commercial value otherwise and thus has zero opportunity cost. This paper uses a computable general equilibrium model to investigate economy-wide and distributional impacts of large-scale jatropha production on different types of lands, and conversion of jatropha oil to biodiesel for domestic consumption. It assesses impacts on agricultural and other commodity markets, resource and factor markets, and international trade. The results are fed into a detailed household survey-based micro-simulation model to assess impacts on poverty and income distribution. The study finds that the expansion of jatropha farming would be beneficial in terms of both macroeconomic and distributional impacts as long as idle lands, which have been neither used for agriculture nor protected as forests, are utilized. However, if jatropha plantation is carried out on existing agriculture lands, the economy-wide impacts would be negative although it would still help reduce rural poverty.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO ELECTRICITYACCOUNTINGADVERSE IMPACTSAGRICULTURAL LANDAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTSAGRICULTURAL SECTORAGRICULTURAL WASTESAGRICULTUREAIR POLLUTIONALTERNATIVE ENERGYALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCESBIO-DIESELBIODIESELBIOENERGYBIOFUELBIOFUEL INDUSTRYBIOFUEL PRODUCTIONBIOFUELSBIOFUELS INDUSTRYBIOFUELS SECTORBIOMASSBUDGETARY ASSISTANCECHARCOALCOMMERCECOMMERCIAL CROPSCOMMERCIAL VALUECOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECOMPARATIVE ANALYSISCONSUMERSCORNCROWDING OUTDEMAND FUNCTIONSDEVELOPMENT POLICYDIESEL FUELSDISPOSABLE INCOMEDISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTSDOMESTIC MARKETECONOMIC BENEFITSECONOMIC INEQUALITYECONOMIC RELATIONSECONOMICSELASTICITYELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTIONELECTRICITY GENERATIONELECTRICITY PRODUCTIONENDOGENOUS VARIABLESENERGY CONSUMPTIONENERGY PRODUCTIONENERGY SECTORENERGY SECTORSENERGY TECHNOLOGYEQUILIBRIUMETHANOLEXPENDITUREEXPENDITURESEXPORT MARKETSEXPORTSFACTOR MARKETSFACTOR PRICEFARM HOUSEHOLDSFARMERSFOOD COMMODITIESFOOD CROPFOOD CROPSFOOD POLICYFOOD PRICESFOOD PRODUCTSFOOD SECURITYFOOD STAPLESFOOD SUPPLYFOSSIL FUELFOSSIL FUELSFUELFUEL PRICESFUEL TAXGDPGDP DEFLATORGENERAL EQUILIBRIUMGOVERNMENT SUBSIDIESGOVERNMENT SUBSIDYGREEN ENERGYGREENHOUSE GASESGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROWTH RATEHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYINCOMEINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCOME INEQUALITYINCOME TAXESINCOME TRANSFERSINTERNATIONAL MARKETSINTERNATIONAL TRADEJATROPHALABOR DEMANDLABOR MARKETLABOR MARKET SEGMENTATIONLABOR MARKETSLABOR SUPPLYLABOURLABOUR MARKETSLABOUR SUPPLYLAND AVAILABILITYLAND SUPPLYMACROECONOMIC POLICIESMAIZEMARGINAL PROPENSITY TO SAVEMARKET PENETRATIONMARKET PRICEMARKET PRICESMARKET SEGMENTATIONMARKET SHAREMARKET STUDYNATIONAL ENERGY POLICYNATIONAL POVERTYNOMINAL INCOMEOPEN ECONOMYOPPORTUNITY COSTOUTPUTSPOORPOOR COUNTRIESPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR POLICYPOSITIVE EFFECTSPOVERTY ANALYSISPOVERTY COMPARISONSPOVERTY INDICESPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY LINESPOVERTY MEASURESPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPERPOVERTY THRESHOLDPRICE CHANGESPRICE DECREASESPRICE EFFECTPRICE INCREASESPRICE INDEXPRODUCER PRICEPRODUCTION COSTSPRODUCTION FUNCTIONPRODUCTION PROCESSPRODUCTIVITYREAL INCOMERENEWABLE ENERGIESRENEWABLE ENERGYRURALRURAL AREARURAL AREASRURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL HOUSEHOLDSRURAL LABORRURAL POVERTYRURAL SETTINGSSALESALESSAVINGSSOIL EROSIONSOLAR ENERGYSOYASUBSTITUTESUPPLY INCREASESTARGETINGTRADE LIBERALIZATIONUNEMPLOYMENTUNSKILLED LABORURBAN HOUSEHOLDSUTILITY FUNCTIONUTILITY MAXIMIZATIONVALUE ADDEDVEGETABLE OILWAGE RATESWAGESWIND ENERGYWOODWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATIONWTOcomputable general equilibrium modelmicro-simulationdistributional analysisWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-6500