Agriculture, Roads, and Economic Development in Uganda
A large fraction of Uganda's population continues to earn a living from quasi-subsistence agriculture. This paper uses a static general equilibrium model to explore the relationships between high transportation costs, low productivity, and the size of the quasi-subsistence sector. We parameterize the model to replicate some key features of the Ugandan data, and we then perform a series of quantitative experiments. Our results suggest that the population in quasi-subsistence agriculture is highly sensitive both to agricultural productivity levels and to transportation costs. The model also suggests positive complementarities between improvements in agricultural productivity and transportation.
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| Date of creation: | Apr 2010 |
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| Publication status: | published as Agriculture, Roads, and Economic Development in Uganda , Douglas Gollin, Richard Rogerson. in African Successes, Volume IV: Sustainable Growth , Edwards, Johnson, and Weil. 2016 |
| Handle: | RePEc:nbr:nberwo:15863 |
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