Agricultural productivity and policies in Sub-Saharan Africa
We analyze the evolution of Sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA's) agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) over the past 45 years, looking for evidence of recent changes in growth patterns using an improved nonparametric Malmquist index. Our TFP estimates show a remarkable recovery in the performance of...
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| author | Yu, Bingxin Nin-Pratt, Alejandro |
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| description | We analyze the evolution of Sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA's) agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) over the past 45 years, looking for evidence of recent changes in growth patterns using an improved nonparametric Malmquist index. Our TFP estimates show a remarkable recovery in the performance of SSA's agriculture between 1984 and 2006 after a long period of poor performance and decline. That recovery is the consequence of improved efficiency in production, resulting from changes in the output structure and an adjustment in the use of inputs. Policy interventions, including fiscal, trade, and sector-specific policies, appear to have played an important role in improving agricultural performance. Despite the improved agricultural performance, economies in SSA face serious challenges to sustain growth. Among these are the small contribution of technological change to TFP growth in the past, the large tax burden imposed by remaining distortions, and the challenge of population growth. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1548702025-11-06T05:51:40Z Agricultural productivity and policies in Sub-Saharan Africa Yu, Bingxin Nin-Pratt, Alejandro agriculture efficiency policies technological changes productivity We analyze the evolution of Sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA's) agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) over the past 45 years, looking for evidence of recent changes in growth patterns using an improved nonparametric Malmquist index. Our TFP estimates show a remarkable recovery in the performance of SSA's agriculture between 1984 and 2006 after a long period of poor performance and decline. That recovery is the consequence of improved efficiency in production, resulting from changes in the output structure and an adjustment in the use of inputs. Policy interventions, including fiscal, trade, and sector-specific policies, appear to have played an important role in improving agricultural performance. Despite the improved agricultural performance, economies in SSA face serious challenges to sustain growth. Among these are the small contribution of technological change to TFP growth in the past, the large tax burden imposed by remaining distortions, and the challenge of population growth. 2011 2024-10-01T14:04:28Z 2024-10-01T14:04:28Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154870 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154841 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160981 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Yu, Bingxin; Nin-Pratt, Alejandro. 2011. Agricultural productivity and policies in Sub-Saharan Africa. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1150. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154870 |
| spellingShingle | agriculture efficiency policies technological changes productivity Yu, Bingxin Nin-Pratt, Alejandro Agricultural productivity and policies in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title | Agricultural productivity and policies in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_full | Agricultural productivity and policies in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_fullStr | Agricultural productivity and policies in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agricultural productivity and policies in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_short | Agricultural productivity and policies in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_sort | agricultural productivity and policies in sub saharan africa |
| topic | agriculture efficiency policies technological changes productivity |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154870 |
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