Agriculture, Roads, and Economic Development in Uganda

Douglas Gollin (douglas.gollin@tufts.edu) and Richard Rogerson

No 15863, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: A large fraction of Uganda's population continues to earn a living from quasi-subsistence agriculture. This paper uses a static general equilibrium model to explore the relationships between high transportation costs, low productivity, and the size of the quasi-subsistence sector. We parameterize the model to replicate some key features of the Ugandan data, and we then perform a series of quantitative experiments. Our results suggest that the population in quasi-subsistence agriculture is highly sensitive both to agricultural productivity levels and to transportation costs. The model also suggests positive complementarities between improvements in agricultural productivity and transportation.

JEL-codes: O1 O11 O13 O41 Q12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-04
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Published as Agriculture, Roads, and Economic Development in Uganda , Douglas Gollin, Richard Rogerson. in African Successes, Volume IV: Sustainable Growth , Edwards, Johnson, and Weil. 2016

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