Agricultural growth and sex-disaggregated employment in Africa: Future perspectives under different investment scenarios
Literature is scanty on how public agricultural investments can help reducing the impact of future challenges such as climate change and population pressure on national economies. The objective of this study is to assess the medium and long-term effects of alternative agricultural research and devel...
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| author | Frija, Aymen Chebil, Ali Mottaleb, Khondoker Abdul Mason-D’Croz, Daniel Dhehibi, Boubaker |
| author_browse | Chebil, Ali Dhehibi, Boubaker Frija, Aymen Mason-D’Croz, Daniel Mottaleb, Khondoker Abdul |
| author_facet | Frija, Aymen Chebil, Ali Mottaleb, Khondoker Abdul Mason-D’Croz, Daniel Dhehibi, Boubaker |
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| description | Literature is scanty on how public agricultural investments can help reducing the impact of future challenges such as climate change and population pressure on national economies. The objective of this study is to assess the medium and long-term effects of alternative agricultural research and development investment scenarios on male and female employment in 14 African countries. We first estimate the effects of agricultural investment scenarios on the overall GDP growth of a given country using partial and general equilibrium models. Secondly, using employment elasticities to GDP growth, we estimate the impact of GDP growth on overall employment in the economy. Results show that, increased investments in agriculture could generate higher overall employment and reduce gender disparities in labor participation. In 8 out of 14 sampled countries, female employment increased more than male employment in response to agricultural investments. Investment in infrastructure had higher impact on female employment growth compared to productivity scenarios. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1426112025-02-24T06:45:46Z Agricultural growth and sex-disaggregated employment in Africa: Future perspectives under different investment scenarios Frija, Aymen Chebil, Ali Mottaleb, Khondoker Abdul Mason-D’Croz, Daniel Dhehibi, Boubaker gender investment commodities employment research agriculture trade food security gross national product commodity markets employment elasticities climate change Literature is scanty on how public agricultural investments can help reducing the impact of future challenges such as climate change and population pressure on national economies. The objective of this study is to assess the medium and long-term effects of alternative agricultural research and development investment scenarios on male and female employment in 14 African countries. We first estimate the effects of agricultural investment scenarios on the overall GDP growth of a given country using partial and general equilibrium models. Secondly, using employment elasticities to GDP growth, we estimate the impact of GDP growth on overall employment in the economy. Results show that, increased investments in agriculture could generate higher overall employment and reduce gender disparities in labor participation. In 8 out of 14 sampled countries, female employment increased more than male employment in response to agricultural investments. Investment in infrastructure had higher impact on female employment growth compared to productivity scenarios. 2020-03-01 2024-05-22T12:10:45Z 2024-05-22T12:10:45Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142611 en https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100441 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100489 Open Access Elsevier Frija, Aymen; Chebil, Ali; Mottaleb, Khondoker Abdul; Mason-D'Croz, Daniel; and Dhehibi, Boubaker. 2020. Agricultural growth and sex-disaggregated employment in Africa: Future perspectives under different investment scenarios. Global Food Security 24(March 2020): 100353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100353 |
| spellingShingle | gender investment commodities employment research agriculture trade food security gross national product commodity markets employment elasticities climate change Frija, Aymen Chebil, Ali Mottaleb, Khondoker Abdul Mason-D’Croz, Daniel Dhehibi, Boubaker Agricultural growth and sex-disaggregated employment in Africa: Future perspectives under different investment scenarios |
| title | Agricultural growth and sex-disaggregated employment in Africa: Future perspectives under different investment scenarios |
| title_full | Agricultural growth and sex-disaggregated employment in Africa: Future perspectives under different investment scenarios |
| title_fullStr | Agricultural growth and sex-disaggregated employment in Africa: Future perspectives under different investment scenarios |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agricultural growth and sex-disaggregated employment in Africa: Future perspectives under different investment scenarios |
| title_short | Agricultural growth and sex-disaggregated employment in Africa: Future perspectives under different investment scenarios |
| title_sort | agricultural growth and sex disaggregated employment in africa future perspectives under different investment scenarios |
| topic | gender investment commodities employment research agriculture trade food security gross national product commodity markets employment elasticities climate change |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142611 |
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