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Land use in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

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  • Bonga B. Lumengo
  • Daniel D. Pambudi
  • Jean L. Erero

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This paper examines the effects of land use in the DRC through the application of DRC formal-informal sector computable general equilibrium model, developed with the 2007 DRC Social Accounting Matrix. Two policy options are analysed. Firstly, the hypothetical policy change introduced in the short and long run application of this model is a land use […]

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  • Bonga B. Lumengo & Daniel D. Pambudi & Jean L. Erero, 2013. "Land use in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)," Working Papers 398, Economic Research Southern Africa.
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    1. Daniel D. Pambudi & Jean L. Erero & Lumengo Bonga-Bonga, 2013. "Wage subsidy in the DRC: A CGE analysis," Working Papers 372, Economic Research Southern Africa.
    2. Rob Davies & James Thurlow, 2010. "Formal–Informal Economy Linkages And Unemployment In South Africa," South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, vol. 78(4), pages 437-459, December.
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    Keywords

    Africa; Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Modelling; Development Economics; economic growth; Environmental Law; Other Macroeconomic Variables;
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    JEL classification:

    • C68 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Computable General Equilibrium Models
    • C88 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - Other Computer Software
    • D58 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Computable and Other Applied General Equilibrium Models
    • E26 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Informal Economy; Underground Economy
    • O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
    • Q15 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment
    • Q24 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Land

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