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Fiscal policy, labour market, and inequality: Diagnosing South Africa's anomalies in the shadow of racial discriminationInequality in South Africa is the enduring legacy of racial discrimination...
Inequality Discrimination Job searchJournal Article
Producing Biofuels in Low-Income Countries: An Integrated Environmental and Economic Assessment for TanzaniaThis paper jointly evaluates the greenhouse gas emissions and economic impacts from producing biofuels in Tanzania...
Agriculture Environment and economic development Economic equilibriumJournal Article
A sequential approach to integrated energy modeling in South AfricaPart of Journal Special Issue Prospects for Renewable Energy in Africa
Carbon tax Economic policy Economic equilibriumBlog
From the Editor's Desk (September-October 2015)
UNU-WIDER had a busy September. We celebrated our 30 th birthday with some 600 people at our three-day conference on ‘Mapping the Future of Development Economics’ here in Helsinki. It was a great occasion...
Agriculture Business enterprises Capital investmentsBlog
Malawi's Farm Subsidy Benefits the Poor but Doesn't Come CheapMalawi’s farm input subsidy benefits the poor and can be part of a viable national development strategy. Agriculture is Malawi’s main economic sector...
Agriculture Economic equilibrium Public expendituresBlog
Regional Industrialization and Integration in Southern Africa - Reporting from TIPS Annual Forum
The white-painted cluster of traditional style buildings might suggest that this was a farm on the South African veldt...
Automotive industry Carbon tax Economic integrationJournal Article
The Economy-wide Impacts and Risks of Malawi's Farm Input Subsidy ProgramWe estimate the impact of Malawi's Farm Input Subsidy Program using an economy-wide approach. This approach yields benefit-cost ratios about 60% higher than existing partial equilibrium studies, a result of our accounting for indirect benefits...
Agriculture Economic equilibrium Food industry and tradeBlog
Climate Policy and Developing Country Interests
There are a series of questions to which we need answers if we are to implement climate change policies that help avoid negative effects. Three key questions are: What are the implications of climate change for economic growth and development?...
Carbon tax Economic policy Economic equilibriumWorking Paper
An Integrated Approach to Modelling Energy Policy in South Africa: Evaluating Carbon Taxes and Electricity Import RestrictionsWe link a bottom-up energy sector model to a recursive dynamic computable general equilibrium model of South Africa in order to examine two of the country’s main energy policy considerations: (i) the introduction of a carbon tax and (ii) libera...
Carbon tax Economic policy Economic equilibriumWorking Paper
An Integrated Analysis of Economywide Effects of Climate ChangeThe effects of climate change in Turkey are expected to be significant...
Agriculture Economic equilibrium Food securityWorking Paper
Producing Biofuels in Low-Income Countries: An Integrated Environmental and Economic Assessment for TanzaniaThis paper evaluates the greenhouse gas emissions and economic impacts from producing biofuels in Tanzania...
Agriculture Environment and economic development Economic equilibriumResearch Brief
The Price of Inaction - Climate Change in MozambiqueAll climate scenarios considered result in reduced national welfare, if no reforms are enacted...
Climate change Economic equilibrium Global warmingWorking Paper
Implications of Alternative Mitigation Policies on World Prices for Fossil Fuels and Agricultural ProductsEmissions mitigation policies affect prices, including prices for fossil fuels and agricultural products...
Agriculture Climate change Economic equilibriumJournal Article
Agricultural growth, poverty, and nutrition in TanzaniaRapid economic growth does not appear to have significantly improved poverty and nutrition outcomes in Tanzania...
Economic growth Economic equilibrium Food securityJournal Article
Consequences of Avian Flu for Growth and Poverty: A CGE Analysis for KenyaLike many African countries, Kenya is vulnerable to avian flu given its position along migratory bird routes and proximity to other high risk countries. This raises concern about the effect of an outbreak on rural livelihoods...
Economic growth Economic equilibrium HealthJournal Article
Gender Implications of Biofuels Expansion in Africa: The Case of MozambiqueWe use a gendered dynamic CGE model to assess the implications of biofuels expansion in a low-income, land-abundant setting. Mozambique is chosen as a representative case...
Economic equilibrium Natural resources Poverty