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GTAP Resource #3185

"Macroeconomy and Agriculture in Sudan: Analysis of Trade Policies, External Shocks, and Economic Bans in a Computable General Equilibrium Approach"
by Siddig, Khalid


Abstract
Similar to many sub-Saharan African countries, Sudan has inherited a dual economy in the immediate post-independence era where a large agriculture-based rural traditional sector coexisted with a small non-agricultural modern sector. This functional dualism remained until the first oil shipment from the country in 1999. In addition, the inexperienced institutions that took over the management of the economy led to severe interdependent structural problems that slowed growth especially during the 1970s. In addition, the agricultural policies, which have been followed since the mid 1960s, favored the expansion of cash crops, motivated by their high export value, and overlooked the important contribution of food crops cultivation in ensuring food security. To tackle these problems, consecutive governments launched series of development plans the majority of which were either adjusted or terminated due to policy failure or government change. Apart from the planning problems, the recurrent drought, civil conflicts, and recently economic sanctions have aggravated the situation. Against this background, this book provides comprehensive assessment and deploys analytical tools that simulate various policy options for Sudan taking into account all these interrelated problems. The book takes up these issues in a framework of single country and global CGE Models together with their detailed IOT and SAM.


Resource Details (Export Citation) GTAP Keywords
Category: GTAP Application
Status: Published
By/In: Farming and Rural Systems Economics Vol. 108, ISBN: 978-3-8236-1578-1
Date: 2009
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Created: Siddig, K. (12/16/2009)
Updated: Batta, G. (12/16/2009)
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- Domestic policy analysis
- Agricultural policies
- Economic development
- Technological change
- The GTAP Data Base and extensions
- Middle East
- Africa (North)
- Africa (East)


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Posted by: Siddig, Khalid   12/16/2009 11:52:00 AM
Full text of this book can be accessed through the following link:
http://shop.margraf-publishers.net/index.php?id=842&no_cache=1&backPID=410&swords=khalid&tt_products=1226