Distributional impacts of agricultural policies in Zambia: A microsimulation approach

Katrin Gasior, Silvia Navarro, Jukka Pirttilä and Mari Kangasniemi

No wp-2022-143, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This paper examines the distributional impacts of agricultural policies versus those of cash transfers using a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Zambia for the policy year 2020. The analysis also considers the behavioural impacts of input subsidies and social cash transfers. The results indicate that Zambian agricultural policies reduce headcount poverty by 3-5 percentage points, depending on whether only their direct impacts or also behavioural impacts that lead to changes in agricultural production are taken into account.

Keywords: Agricultural policy; Tax; Cash transfers; Poverty; Inequality; Zambia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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