A simulation impact evaluation of rural income transfers in Malawi and Ghana

Mateusz Filipski and J. Edward Taylor

Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2012, vol. 4, issue 1, 109-129

Abstract: We use a disaggregated rural economy-wide modelling framework to simulate and compare the impacts of an input subsidy, cash transfer, and output price support on production and welfare in rural Malawi and Ghana. Household groups in the models are defined by their eligibility for current transfers. Simulations are calibrated to official government spending. No intervention appears as unequivocally superior. The impacts and efficiency of each transfer mechanism are shaped by the structure of the economy, market conditions, and programme design.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2012.649542

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