Agricultural growth and sex-disaggregated employment in Africa: Future perspectives under different investment scenarios

cg.contactA.Frija@cgiar.orgen_US
cg.contributor.centerInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.contributor.centerInternational Food Policy Research Institute - IFPRIen_US
cg.contributor.centerInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Center - CIMMYTen_US
cg.contributor.centerNational Research Institute of Rural Engineering, Water and Forest - INRGREFen_US
cg.contributor.centerCommonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation - CSIROen_US
cg.contributor.crpCGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security - CCAFSen_US
cg.contributor.crpCGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets - PIMen_US
cg.contributor.funderInternational Food Policy Research Institute - IFPRIen_US
cg.contributor.projectCGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) - Phase IIen_US
cg.contributor.project-lead-instituteInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.coverage.countryDZen_US
cg.coverage.countryEGen_US
cg.coverage.countryETen_US
cg.coverage.countryGHen_US
cg.coverage.countryKEen_US
cg.coverage.countryMLen_US
cg.coverage.countryMAen_US
cg.coverage.countryNEen_US
cg.coverage.countryNGen_US
cg.coverage.countrySNen_US
cg.coverage.countryTZen_US
cg.coverage.countryTNen_US
cg.coverage.countryUGen_US
cg.coverage.countrySDen_US
cg.coverage.regionNorthern Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africaen_US
cg.creator.idFrija, Aymen: 0000-0001-8379-9054en_US
cg.creator.idChebil, Ali: 0000-0002-2931-4762en_US
cg.creator.idDhehibi, Boubaker: 0000-0003-3854-6669en_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100353en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn2211-9124en_US
cg.journalGlobal Food Securityen_US
cg.subject.agrovocafricaen_US
cg.subject.agrovocemployment elasticitiesen_US
cg.volume24en_US
dc.contributorChebil, Alien_US
dc.contributorAbdul Mottaleb, Khondokeren_US
dc.contributorMason-D'Croz, Danielen_US
dc.contributorDhehibi, Boubakeren_US
dc.creatorFrija, Aymenen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-15T16:07:26Z
dc.date.available2020-02-15T16:07:26Z
dc.description.abstractLiterature is scanty on how public agricultural investments can help reducing the impact of future challenges such as climate change and population pressure on national economies. The objective of this study is to assess the medium and long-term effects of alternative agricultural research and development investment scenarios on male and female employment in 14 African countries. We first estimate the effects of agricultural investment scenarios on the overall GDP growth of a given country using partial and general equilibrium models. Secondly, using employment elasticities to GDP growth, we estimate the impact of GDP growth on overall employment in the economy. Results show that, increased investments in agriculture could generate higher overall employment and reduce gender disparities in labor participation. In 8 out of 14 sampled countries, female employment increased more than male employment in response to agricultural investments. Investment in infrastructure had higher impact on female employment growth compared to productivity scenarios.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationAymen Frija, Ali Chebil, Khondoker Abdul Mottaleb, Daniel Mason-D'Croz, Boubaker Dhehibi. (17/1/2020). Agricultural growth and sex-disaggregated employment in Africa: Future perspectives under different investment scenarios. Global Food Security, 24.en_US
dc.identifier.statusOpen accessen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/10725
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherElsevier (12 months)en_US
dc.rightsCC-BY-4.0en_US
dc.sourceGlobal Food Security;24,(2020)en_US
dc.subjectinvestment scenariosen_US
dc.subjectgdp growthen_US
dc.subjectimpact modelen_US
dc.titleAgricultural growth and sex-disaggregated employment in Africa: Future perspectives under different investment scenariosen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dcterms.available2020-01-17en_US
mel.impact-factor6.034en_US

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