Biofuels, poverty, and growth: A computable general equilibrium analysis of Mozambique
This paper assesses the implications of large-scale investments in biofuels for growth and income distribution. We find that biofuels investment enhances growth and poverty reduction despite some displacement of food crops by biofuels. Overall, the biofuel investment trajectory analyzed increases Mo...
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2010
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| author | Arndt, Channing Benfica, Rui Tarp, Finn Thurlow, James Uaiene, Rafael |
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| description | This paper assesses the implications of large-scale investments in biofuels for growth and income distribution. We find that biofuels investment enhances growth and poverty reduction despite some displacement of food crops by biofuels. Overall, the biofuel investment trajectory analyzed increases Mozambique's annual economic growth by 0.6 percentage points and reduces the incidence of poverty by about 6 percentage points over a 12-year phase-in period. Benefits depend on production technology. An outgrower approach to producing biofuels is more pro-poor, due to the greater use of unskilled labor and accrual of land rents to smallholders, compared with the more capital-intensive plantation approach. Moreover, the benefits of outgrower schemes are enhanced if they result in technology spillovers to other crops. These results should not be taken as a green light for unrestrained biofuels development. Rather, they indicate that a carefully designed and managed biofuels policy holds the potential for substantial gains. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1531692024-11-15T08:52:01Z Biofuels, poverty, and growth: A computable general equilibrium analysis of Mozambique Arndt, Channing Benfica, Rui Tarp, Finn Thurlow, James Uaiene, Rafael biofuels economic growth poverty developing countries mathematical models computable general equilibrium models This paper assesses the implications of large-scale investments in biofuels for growth and income distribution. We find that biofuels investment enhances growth and poverty reduction despite some displacement of food crops by biofuels. Overall, the biofuel investment trajectory analyzed increases Mozambique's annual economic growth by 0.6 percentage points and reduces the incidence of poverty by about 6 percentage points over a 12-year phase-in period. Benefits depend on production technology. An outgrower approach to producing biofuels is more pro-poor, due to the greater use of unskilled labor and accrual of land rents to smallholders, compared with the more capital-intensive plantation approach. Moreover, the benefits of outgrower schemes are enhanced if they result in technology spillovers to other crops. These results should not be taken as a green light for unrestrained biofuels development. Rather, they indicate that a carefully designed and managed biofuels policy holds the potential for substantial gains. 2010-02 2024-10-01T13:55:44Z 2024-10-01T13:55:44Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153169 en Limited Access Cambridge University Press Arndt, Channing; Benfica, Rui; Tarp, Finn; Thurlow, James; Uaiene, Rafael. 2010. Biofuels, poverty, and growth: A computable general equilibrium analysis of Mozambique. Environment and Development Economics 15(1): 81-105. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355770X09990027 |
| spellingShingle | biofuels economic growth poverty developing countries mathematical models computable general equilibrium models Arndt, Channing Benfica, Rui Tarp, Finn Thurlow, James Uaiene, Rafael Biofuels, poverty, and growth: A computable general equilibrium analysis of Mozambique |
| title | Biofuels, poverty, and growth: A computable general equilibrium analysis of Mozambique |
| title_full | Biofuels, poverty, and growth: A computable general equilibrium analysis of Mozambique |
| title_fullStr | Biofuels, poverty, and growth: A computable general equilibrium analysis of Mozambique |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biofuels, poverty, and growth: A computable general equilibrium analysis of Mozambique |
| title_short | Biofuels, poverty, and growth: A computable general equilibrium analysis of Mozambique |
| title_sort | biofuels poverty and growth a computable general equilibrium analysis of mozambique |
| topic | biofuels economic growth poverty developing countries mathematical models computable general equilibrium models |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153169 |
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