Agriculture, Roads, and Economic Development in Uganda / Douglas Gollin, Richard Rogerson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gollin, Douglas.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Rogerson, Richard.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w15863.

NBER working paper series no. w15863

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2010.

Summary:

A large fraction of Uganda's population continues to earn a living from quasi-subsistence agriculture. This paper uses a static general equilibrium model to explore the relationships between high transportation costs, low productivity, and the size of the quasi-subsistence sector. We parameterize the model to replicate some key features of the Ugandan data, and we then perform a series of quantitative experiments. Our results suggest that the population in quasi-subsistence agriculture is highly sensitive both to agricultural productivity levels and to transportation costs. The model also suggests positive complementarities between improvements in agricultural productivity and transportation.

Notes:

Print version record

April 2010.