The economic impacts of maize-based bioethanol production in South Africa

In South Africa, the production and use of biofuels is increasingly being contemplated as a policy instrument to stimulate rural development and reduce poverty by creating sustainable income earning opportunities. By using social accounting matrix, this thesis examines economic gains, if any, in Sou...

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Autor principal: Gebregiorgis, Bereket M.
Formato: Second cycle, A2E
Lenguaje:sueco
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Publicado: 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/7585/
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description In South Africa, the production and use of biofuels is increasingly being contemplated as a policy instrument to stimulate rural development and reduce poverty by creating sustainable income earning opportunities. By using social accounting matrix, this thesis examines economic gains, if any, in South Africa following maize-based bioethanol production using the country’s surplus maize as feedstock. The findings suggest this particular biofuel policy leads to a moderate increase in domestic industries’ production, value-added and foreign exchange earnings. However, the vast income inequality among the country’s various population groups remains unchanged.
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spelling RepoSLU75852015-02-05T15:00:58Z https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/7585/ The economic impacts of maize-based bioethanol production in South Africa Gebregiorgis, Bereket M. Economics and management In South Africa, the production and use of biofuels is increasingly being contemplated as a policy instrument to stimulate rural development and reduce poverty by creating sustainable income earning opportunities. By using social accounting matrix, this thesis examines economic gains, if any, in South Africa following maize-based bioethanol production using the country’s surplus maize as feedstock. The findings suggest this particular biofuel policy leads to a moderate increase in domestic industries’ production, value-added and foreign exchange earnings. However, the vast income inequality among the country’s various population groups remains unchanged. 2015-02-04 Second cycle, A2E NonPeerReviewed application/pdf sv https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/7585/1/Gebregiorgis_B_150202.pdf Gebregiorgis, Bereket M., 2015. The economic impacts of maize-based bioethanol production in South Africa : a social accounting matrix analysis. Second cycle, A2E. Uppsala: (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Economics <https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/view/divisions/OID-510.html> urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-4087 eng
spellingShingle Economics and management
Gebregiorgis, Bereket M.
The economic impacts of maize-based bioethanol production in South Africa
title The economic impacts of maize-based bioethanol production in South Africa
title_full The economic impacts of maize-based bioethanol production in South Africa
title_fullStr The economic impacts of maize-based bioethanol production in South Africa
title_full_unstemmed The economic impacts of maize-based bioethanol production in South Africa
title_short The economic impacts of maize-based bioethanol production in South Africa
title_sort economic impacts of maize-based bioethanol production in south africa
topic Economics and management
url https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/7585/
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