Biofuels, poverty, and growth: A computable general equilibrium analysis of Mozambique
Large private investments in biofuels are presently underway in Mozambique. This paper uses an economywide model to assess the implications of these investments for growth and income distribution. Our results indicate that biofuels provide an opportunity to enhance growth and poverty reduction. Over...
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| author | Arndt, Channing Benfica, Rui Tarp, Finn Thurlow, James Uaiene, Rafael |
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| description | Large private investments in biofuels are presently underway in Mozambique. This paper uses an economywide model to assess the implications of these investments for growth and income distribution. Our results indicate that biofuels provide an opportunity to enhance growth and poverty reduction. Overall, the proposed biofuel investments increase Mozambique's annual economic growth by 0.6 percentage points and reduce the incidence of poverty by about six percentage points over the 12-year phase-in period. However, the benefits depend on production technology. Our results indicate that 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 in this system, compared with the more capital-intensive plantation approach. Moreover, the expected benefits of outgrower schemes will be further enhanced if they result in technology spillovers to other crops. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1611042025-11-06T07:18:47Z 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 computable general equilibrium models Large private investments in biofuels are presently underway in Mozambique. This paper uses an economywide model to assess the implications of these investments for growth and income distribution. Our results indicate that biofuels provide an opportunity to enhance growth and poverty reduction. Overall, the proposed biofuel investments increase Mozambique's annual economic growth by 0.6 percentage points and reduce the incidence of poverty by about six percentage points over the 12-year phase-in period. However, the benefits depend on production technology. Our results indicate that 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 in this system, compared with the more capital-intensive plantation approach. Moreover, the expected benefits of outgrower schemes will be further enhanced if they result in technology spillovers to other crops. 2008 2024-11-21T09:53:30Z 2024-11-21T09:53:30Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161104 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Arndt, Channing; Benfica, Rui; Tarp, Finn; Thurlow, James; Uaiene, Rafael. 2008. Biofuels, poverty, and growth. IFPRI Discussion Paper 803. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161104 |
| spellingShingle | biofuels economic growth poverty developing countries 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 computable general equilibrium models |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161104 |
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