Is increased agricultural protection beneficial for South Africa?

dc.contributor.authorMabugu, Ramos
dc.contributor.upauthorChitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
dc.date.accessioned2008-02-06T12:39:45Z
dc.date.available2008-02-06T12:39:45Z
dc.date.issued2007-09
dc.description.abstractThis paper focuses on the effects that a higher tariff on agriculture and food imports could have on poverty and the macroeconomy using a top down computable general equilibrium microsimulation model. This question is of broader relevance to developing countries that may be contemplating the use of World Trade Organisation permissible trade barriers so as to achieve a domestic policy objective. Generally speaking, the results suggest that doubling protection of agriculture and food would lead to a reallocation of labour toward the sectors with high initial protection and those with high domestic orientation. Agriculture and food sectors are harmed by increased protection if the government chooses to use indirect tax rates to compensate for revenue changes because of induced demand contraction by the indirect tax adjustment. Exports and imports in general decline. The analysis also shows that increasing food and agricultural protection has very negligible but negative effects on welfare and poverty.en
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dc.identifier.citationMabugu, R & Chitiga, M 2007, 'Is increased agricultural protection beneficial for South Africa?', University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, Working paper series, no. 2007-17. [http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=736&sub=1&parentid=677&subid=729&ipklookid=3]en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/4377
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoria, Department of Economicsen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorking Paper (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics)en
dc.relation.ispartofseries2007-17en
dc.rightsUniversity of Pretoria, Department of Economicsen
dc.subjectCGE modelen
dc.subjectMicrosimulationen
dc.subjectTrade policyen
dc.subjectSpecial treatmenten
dc.subjectDifferential treatmenten
dc.subjectPovertyen
dc.subjectWelfareen
dc.subject.lcshCommercial policyen
dc.subject.lcshPoverty -- South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshAgriculture -- Economic aspects -- South Africaen
dc.titleIs increased agricultural protection beneficial for South Africa?en
dc.typeWorking Paperen

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