Poverty impacts of agricultural policy adjustments in an opening economy: the case of Colombia

Ricardo Arguello, Daniel Valderrama G. () and Sandra Acero W.
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Daniel Valderrama Gonzalez

No 8575, Documentos de Trabajo from Universidad del Rosario

Abstract: We aim to contribute to the assessment of poverty impacts on the rural sector arising from agricultural policy adjustments in Colombia. For this we use an agriculture specialized static CGE model, jointly (sequentially) with a microsimulation model that allows for effective job relocation. Results indicate that the sectoral impact of the program implemented tends to be small and has considerable variability across crops. They also show that the highest impacts come from the irrigation and land improvements component of the program. Lastly, although it reduces poverty, poverty impacts are small and tend to concentrate in rural households toward the middle of the income distribution ladder.

Keywords: Agricultural Policy; Colombia; AIS; Applied General Equilibrium; Rural Poverty; Microsimulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C68 D58 I32 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 50
Date: 2011-05-01
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Related works:
Working Paper: Assessing the Poverty Impacts of Agricultural Policy Adjustments in the Context of an Opening Economy: the Case of Colombia (2012)
Working Paper: Poverty Impacts of Agricultural Policy Adjustments in an Opening Economy: the Case of Colombia (2012)
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