Agricultural growth and sex-disaggregated employment in Africa: Future perspectives under different investment scenarios

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dc.creatorFrija, Aymen
dc.creatorChebil, Ali
dc.creatorMottaleb, Khondoker Abdul
dc.creatorMason-D’Croz, Daniel
dc.creatorDhehibi, Boubaker
dc.date2020-03-01
dc.date2024-05-22T12:10:45Z
dc.date2024-05-22T12:10:45Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:23:04Z
dc.descriptionLiterature is scanty on how public agricultural investments can help reducing the impact of future challenges such as climate change and population pressure on national economies. The objective of this study is to assess the medium and long-term effects of alternative agricultural research and development investment scenarios on male and female employment in 14 African countries. We first estimate the effects of agricultural investment scenarios on the overall GDP growth of a given country using partial and general equilibrium models. Secondly, using employment elasticities to GDP growth, we estimate the impact of GDP growth on overall employment in the economy. Results show that, increased investments in agriculture could generate higher overall employment and reduce gender disparities in labor participation. In 8 out of 14 sampled countries, female employment increased more than male employment in response to agricultural investments. Investment in infrastructure had higher impact on female employment growth compared to productivity scenarios.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/142611
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/102764
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100441
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100489
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceFrija, Aymen; Chebil, Ali; Mottaleb, Khondoker Abdul; Mason-D'Croz, Daniel; and Dhehibi, Boubaker. 2020. Agricultural growth and sex-disaggregated employment in Africa: Future perspectives under different investment scenarios. Global Food Security 24(March 2020): 100353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100353
dc.subjectgender
dc.subjectinvestment
dc.subjectcommodities
dc.subjectemployment
dc.subjectresearch
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjecttrade
dc.subjectfood security
dc.subjectgross national product
dc.subjectcommodity markets
dc.subjectemployment elasticities
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.titleAgricultural growth and sex-disaggregated employment in Africa: Future perspectives under different investment scenarios
dc.typeJournal Article

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