Beyond agriculture versus nonagriculture: Decomposing sectoral growth–poverty linkages in five African countries
The development debate in Africa south of the Sahara is often cast as “agriculture versus nonagriculture.” Yet this view overlooks the heterogeneity within these broad sectors and the synergies between them. We estimate sectoral poverty–growth elasticities using economywide models for five African c...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2014
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| author | Dorosh, Paul A. Thurlow, James |
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| description | The development debate in Africa south of the Sahara is often cast as “agriculture versus nonagriculture.” Yet this view overlooks the heterogeneity within these broad sectors and the synergies between them. We estimate sectoral poverty–growth elasticities using economywide models for five African countries. Our detailed treatment of nonagriculture complements an expanding literature disaggregating the growth–poverty relationship in agriculture. Although our estimated elasticities are higher for agriculture given the importance of farm incomes for the poor, the extent to which this is true varies by country. In fact, elasticities for certain nonagricultural sectors are much closer to those in agriculture. Overall, elasticities are typically higher for trade and transport services and manufacturing (agroprocessing). |
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| spelling | CGSpace1511092025-11-06T07:23:42Z Beyond agriculture versus nonagriculture: Decomposing sectoral growth–poverty linkages in five African countries Dorosh, Paul A. Thurlow, James income economic growth elasticity agricultural sector secondary sector poverty alleviation agricultural policies transport agriculture economic sectors econometric models poverty time The development debate in Africa south of the Sahara is often cast as “agriculture versus nonagriculture.” Yet this view overlooks the heterogeneity within these broad sectors and the synergies between them. We estimate sectoral poverty–growth elasticities using economywide models for five African countries. Our detailed treatment of nonagriculture complements an expanding literature disaggregating the growth–poverty relationship in agriculture. Although our estimated elasticities are higher for agriculture given the importance of farm incomes for the poor, the extent to which this is true varies by country. In fact, elasticities for certain nonagricultural sectors are much closer to those in agriculture. Overall, elasticities are typically higher for trade and transport services and manufacturing (agroprocessing). 2014 2024-08-01T02:55:20Z 2024-08-01T02:55:20Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151109 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896291614rr153 https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896291959 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161817 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154792 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Dorosh, Paul A. and Thurlow, James. 2014. Beyond agriculture versus nonagriculture: Decomposing sectoral growth–poverty linkages in five African countries. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1391. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151109 |
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| title | Beyond agriculture versus nonagriculture: Decomposing sectoral growth–poverty linkages in five African countries |
| title_full | Beyond agriculture versus nonagriculture: Decomposing sectoral growth–poverty linkages in five African countries |
| title_fullStr | Beyond agriculture versus nonagriculture: Decomposing sectoral growth–poverty linkages in five African countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Beyond agriculture versus nonagriculture: Decomposing sectoral growth–poverty linkages in five African countries |
| title_short | Beyond agriculture versus nonagriculture: Decomposing sectoral growth–poverty linkages in five African countries |
| title_sort | beyond agriculture versus nonagriculture decomposing sectoral growth poverty linkages in five african countries |
| topic | income economic growth elasticity agricultural sector secondary sector poverty alleviation agricultural policies transport agriculture economic sectors econometric models poverty time |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151109 |
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