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Distributional impacts of agricultural policies in Zambia: A microsimulation approach

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  • Katrin Gasior
  • Silvia Navarro
  • Jukka Pirttilä
  • Mari Kangasniemi

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This paper examines the distributional impacts of agricultural policies versus those of cash transfers using a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Zambia for the policy year 2020. The analysis also considers the behavioural impacts of input subsidies and social cash transfers. The results indicate that Zambian agricultural policies reduce headcount poverty by 3-5 percentage points, depending on whether only their direct impacts or also behavioural impacts that lead to changes in agricultural production are taken into account.

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  • Katrin Gasior & Silvia Navarro & Jukka Pirttilä & Mari Kangasniemi, 2022. "Distributional impacts of agricultural policies in Zambia: A microsimulation approach," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2022-143, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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