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A Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis of Adaptation to Climate Change in Ethiopia

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  • Sherman Robinson
  • Kenneth Strzepek
  • Dirk Willenbockel

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This study links a multi-sectoral regionalized dynamic computable general equilibrium model of Ethiopia with a system of country-specific hydrology, crop, road and hydropower engineering models to simulate the economic impacts of climate change towards 2050. In the absence of externally funded policy-driven adaptation investments Ethiopia's GDP in the 2040s will be up to 10 percent below the counterfactual no-climate change baseline.

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  • Sherman Robinson & Kenneth Strzepek & Dirk Willenbockel, 2011. "A Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis of Adaptation to Climate Change in Ethiopia," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2011-089, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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