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Some Consequences of the 1994–1995 Coffee Boom for Growth and Poverty Reduction in Uganda
Author(s) -
Chant Lindsay,
McDonald Scott,
Verschoor Arjan
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.157
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1477-9552
pISSN - 0021-857X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2007.00133.x
Subject(s) - computable general equilibrium , economics , poverty reduction , beneficiary , boom , poverty , medium term , development economics , labour economics , macroeconomics , economic growth , finance , environmental engineering , engineering
This paper reports a computable general equilibrium analysis that explores the consequences of the 1994–1995 increase in the international price of coffee for Uganda's economy. Evidence is found for a small effect on both medium‐term growth and poverty reduction. Aid dependence is among the reasons why this effect is not found to be larger. Major beneficiary groups are not primarily the farmers to which the windfall initially accrued, but urban wage earners and the urban self‐employed.