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Land, water, and agriculture in Egypt: the economywide impact of policy reform

The tax and subsidy system in Egypt in 1986-88 was very distorted, involving large, sectorally variegated, ouput taxes and subsidies. In agriculture, there were also major input subsidies and no charges for water. In this paper, an 11-sector, computable general equilibrium (CGE) model is used to cap...

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Main Authors: Robinson, Sherman, Gehlhar, Clemen G.
Format: Artículo preliminar
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 1995
Subjects:
land reform
water use
subsidies
agricultural policies
land policies
land use
computable general equilibrium models
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157065
Summary:The tax and subsidy system in Egypt in 1986-88 was very distorted, involving large, sectorally variegated, ouput taxes and subsidies. In agriculture, there were also major input subsidies and no charges for water. In this paper, an 11-sector, computable general equilibrium (CGE) model is used to capture this mix of policies, focusing on land and water use in agriculture and on the links between agriculture and the rest of the economy.

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