The economic consequences of a fuel levy reform in South Africa (2009)
Mabugu, Ramos, Chitiga, Margaret, Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret, Amusa, Hammed
This paper assesses the economic effects of a hypothetical fuel levy imposed by South African provinces. The welfare effects of increasing the fuel levy by 10 per cent are negative but very small....
Kinyondo, Godbertha, Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
This study utilises a computable general equilibrium model to examine the effects of economy-wide (SIM 1) and partial (SIM 2) productivity increases on the economy, gender employment, wages, income...
Does South African Affirmative Action Policy Reduce Poverty? a CGE Analysis (2009)
Maisonnave, Hélène, Decaluwé, Bernard, Chitiga, Margaret
This paper presents a computable general equilibrium model (CGEM) able to measure the impacts of the affirmative action policy set up in South Africa. In order to decrease inequalities inherited from...
Does South African Affirmative Action Policy Reduce Poverty? a CGE Analysis (2009)
Maisonnave, Hélène, Decaluwé, Bernard, Chitiga, Margaret
This paper presents a computable general equilibrium model (CGEM) able to measure the impacts of the affirmative action policy set up in South Africa. In order to decrease inequalities inherited from...
Margaret Chitiga, Ramos Mabugu, Tonia Kandiero
ABSTRACT The paper uses a microsimulation computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to study the impact on poverty of a complete removal of tariffs in Zimbabwe. The model incorporates 14,006...
Evaluating the impact of land redistribution : a CGE microsimulation application to Zimbabwe (2008)
Chitiga, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret, Mabugu, Margaret, Mabugu, Ramos
Zimbabwe has recently gone through a widely criticised land reform process. The country has suffered immensely as a result of this badly orchestrated reform process. Yet land reform can potentially...
Evaluating the impact of land redistribution : a CGE microsimulation application to Zimbabwe (2008)
Chitiga, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret, Mabugu, Margaret, Mabugu, Ramos
Zimbabwe has recently gone through a widely criticised land reform process. The country has suffered immensely as a result of this badly orchestrated reform process. Yet land reform can potentially...
Agricultural trade policy reform in South Africa (2008)
Chitiga, Margaret, Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret, Kandiero, Tonia, Ngwenya, P.
This paper empirically investigates the impact of agricultural trade reform in South Africa. Using UNCTAD’s Agricultural Trade Policy Simulation Model (ATPSM), the study investigates two specific...
Agricultural trade policy reform in South Africa (2008)
Chitiga, Margaret, Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret, Kandiero, Tonia, Ngwenya, P.
This paper empirically investigates the impact of agricultural trade reform in South Africa. Using UNCTAD’s Agricultural Trade Policy Simulation Model (ATPSM), the study investigates two specific...
Kinyondo, Godbertha, Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
This study utilises a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to examine the effects of economy-wide (SIM 1) and partial (SIM 2) productivity increases on the economy, gender employment, wages,...
Kinyondo, Godbertha, Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
This study utilises a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to examine the effects of economy-wide (SIM 1) and partial (SIM 2) productivity increases on the economy, gender employment, wages,...
Evaluating the Impact of Land Redistribution: A CGE Microsimulation Application to Zimbabwe (2008)
Chitiga, Margaret, Mabugu, Ramos
Zimbabwe has recently gone through a widely criticised land reform process. The country has suffered immensely as a result of this badly orchestrated reform process. Yet land reform can potentially...
South Africa trade liberalization and poverty in a dynamic microsimulation CGE model (2007)
Mabugu, Ramos, Chitiga, Margaret, Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
South Africa has undergone significant trade liberalization since the end of apartheid. Average protection has fallen while openness has increased. However, economic growth has been insufficient to...
Is increased agricultural protection beneficial for South Africa? (2007)
Mabugu, Ramos, Chitiga, Margaret, Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
This paper focuses on the effects that a higher tariff on agriculture and food imports could have on poverty and the macroeconomy using a top down computable general equilibrium microsimulation...
Chitiga, Margaret, Mabugu, Ramos, Kandiero, Tonia, Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
The paper uses a micro-simulation computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to study the impact on poverty of a complete removal of tariffs in Zimbabwe. The model incorporates 14006 households...
South Africa trade liberalization and poverty in a dynamic microsimulation CGE model (2007)
Mabugu, Ramos, Chitiga, Margaret, Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
South Africa has undergone significant trade liberalization since the end of apartheid. Average protection has fallen while openness has increased. However, economic growth has been insufficient to...
Is increased agricultural protection beneficial for South Africa? (2007)
Mabugu, Ramos, Chitiga, Margaret, Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
This paper focuses on the effects that a higher tariff on agriculture and food imports could have on poverty and the macroeconomy using a top down computable general equilibrium microsimulation...
Chitiga, Margaret, Mabugu, Ramos, Kandiero, Tonia, Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
The paper uses a micro-simulation computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to study the impact on poverty of a complete removal of tariffs in Zimbabwe. The model incorporates 14006 households...
Chitiga, Margaret, Mabugu, Ramos, Kandiero, Tonia, Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
The paper uses a microsimulation computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to study the impact on poverty of a complete removal of tariffs in Zimbabwe. The model incorporates 14,006 households...
Chitiga, Margaret, Mabugu, Ramos, Kandiero, Tonia, Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
The paper uses a microsimulation computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to study the impact on poverty of a complete removal of tariffs in Zimbabwe. The model incorporates 14,006 households...
Cockburn, John, Fofana, Ismael, Decaluwe, Bernard, Mabugu, Ramos, Chitiga, Margaret, Mabugu, Margaret, ...
Despite the general presumption in favor of trade liberalization, the question of how to implement it in a way to ensure equitable income distribution and sustainable poverty alleviation in...
Cockburn, John, Fofana, Ismael, Decaluwe, Bernard, Mabugu, Ramos, Chitiga, Margaret, Mabugu, Margaret, ...
Despite the general presumption in favor of trade liberalization, the question of how to implement it in a way to ensure equitable income distribution and sustainable poverty alleviation in...
Blignaut, James Nelson, Mabugu, Margaret, Gerlagh, Reyer, Hess, Sebastiaan, Tol, Richard S.J., ...
South Africa, as an upper middle-income, resource-intensive developing country with an open economy, has to find innovative ways to combat poverty, promote economic growth and reduce the intensity of...
Blignaut, James Nelson, Mabugu, Margaret, Gerlagh, Reyer, Hess, Sebastiaan, Tol, Richard S.J., ...
South Africa, as an upper middle-income, resource-intensive developing country with an open economy, has to find innovative ways to combat poverty, promote economic growth and reduce the intensity of...
Trade openness and foreign direct investment in Africa (2006)
Kandiero, Tonia, Chitiga, Margaret, Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
Africa's share of foreign direct investment (FDI) has lagged behind other regions in the world, despite a sharp increase in FDI inflows to the region in 2001. Factors contributing to this...
Trade openness and foreign direct investment in Africa (2006)
Kandiero, Tonia, Chitiga, Margaret, Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
Africa's share of foreign direct investment (FDI) has lagged behind other regions in the world, despite a sharp increase in FDI inflows to the region in 2001. Factors contributing to this...
Gerlagh, Reyer, Blignaut, James Nelson, Horridge, Mark, Hess, Sebastiaan, Mabugu, Ramos, ...
A CGE model of South Africa is used to find the potential for a double or triple dividend if the revenues raised from an energy-related environmental tax are recycled to households and industry...
Gerlagh, Reyer, Blignaut, James Nelson, Horridge, Mark, Hess, Sebastiaan, Mabugu, Ramos, ...
A CGE model of South Africa is used to find the potential for a double or triple dividend if the revenues raised from an energy-related environmental tax are recycled to households and industry...
Blignaut, James Nelson, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret, Mabugu, Ramos M., Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga, Margaret
This paper discusses the procedures and results of constructing a greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory for South Africa, using the official national energy balance for 1998. In doing so, the...
Blignaut, James Nelson, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret, Mabugu, Ramos M., Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga, Margaret
This paper discusses the procedures and results of constructing a greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory for South Africa, using the official national energy balance for 1998. In doing so, the...
The impact of tariff reduction on poverty in Zimbabwe : a CGE top-down approach (2005)
Chitiga, Margaret, Mabugu, Ramos, Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
This paper uses a relatively new approach to quantify the effects of trade liberalisation on poverty. It relies on the combination of a standard, social accounting, matrix-based, computable general...
The impact of tariff reduction on poverty in Zimbabwe : a CGE top-down approach (2005)
Chitiga, Margaret, Mabugu, Ramos, Mabugu, Margaret, Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
This paper uses a relatively new approach to quantify the effects of trade liberalisation on poverty. It relies on the combination of a standard, social accounting, matrix-based, computable general...
Abstract: Government controls on the price of food through stock adjustment and through imports of food are explicitly modelled in a computable general equilibrium for Zimbabwe. The results of policy...
Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review - Volume 20, Number 1, January 2004
Margaret Chitiga, Tonia Kandiero, Ramos Mabugu
The paper uses a micro-simulation computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to study the impact on poverty of trade liberalisation in Zimbabwe. The model incorporates 14006 households derived from...
Ramos Mabugu, Margaret Chitiga
The debate about the consequences of economic growth on poverty and welfare was recently rekindled in South Africa by announcements that the government would be targeting a sustainable growth rate of...
Does Trade Liberalisation Lead to Poverty Alleviation? a CGE Microsimulation Approach for Zimbabwe
Margaret Chitiga, Ramos Mabugu
A CGE microsimulation model is used to study the poverty impacts of trade liberalization in Zimbabwe. A sample of 14006 households from a 1995 household survey is individually modeled in a CGE...
Ramos Mabugu, Margaret Chitiga
There is an important debate going on in South Africa on whether to apply safeguard trade barriers to protect textiles. This presents an interesting case of how a country might use safeguard trade...
Poverty and Inequality Impacts of Trade Policy Reforms in South Africa
Ramos Mabugu, Margaret Chitiga
South Africa has undergone significant trade liberalization since the end of apartheid. Average protection has fallen while openness has increased. However, economic growth has been insufficient to...
Margaret Chitiga, Ramos Mabugu, Tonia Kandiero
The paper uses a microsimulation computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to study the impact on poverty of a complete removal of tariffs in Zimbabwe. The model incorporates 14,006 households...
Is Increased Agricultural Protection Beneficial for South Africa?
Margaret Chitiga, Ramos Mabugu
This paper focuses on the effects that a higher tariff on agriculture and food imports could have on poverty and the macroeconomy using a top down computable general equilibrium microsimulation...
Evaluating the Impact of Land Redistribution: A CGE Microsimulation Application to Zimbabwe
Margaret Chitiga, Ramos Mabugu
Zimbabwe has recently gone through a widely criticised land reform process. The country has suffered immensely as a result of this badly orchestrated reform process. Yet land reform can potentially...
Margaret Chitiga, Ramos Mabugu, Tonia Kandiero
The paper uses a micro-simulation computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to study the impact on poverty of a complete removal of tariffs in Zimbabwe. The model incorporates 14006 households...
Ramos Mabugu, Margaret Chitiga
The debate about the consequences of economic growth on poverty and welfare was recently rekindled in South Africa by announcements that the government would be targeting a sustainable growth rate of...
South Africa Trade Liberalization and Poverty in a Dynamic Microsimulation CGE Model
Ramos Mabugu, Margaret Chitiga
South Africa has undergone significant trade liberalization since the end of apartheid. Average protection has fallen while openness has increased. However, economic growth has been insufficient to...
Is increased agricultural protection beneficial for South Africa?
Mabugu, Ramos, Chitiga, Margaret
CGE model Microsimulation Agricultural trade policy Special and differential treatment Poverty Welfare South Africa
ACCOUNTING FOR FOREST RESOURCES IN ZIMBABWE
Mabugu, Ramos, Chitiga, Margaret
Resource /Energy Economics and Policy,
Evaluating the Impact of Land Redistribution: A CGE Microsimulation Application to Zimbabwe
Margaret Chitiga, Ramos Mabugu
Zimbabwe has recently gone through a widely criticised land reform process. The country has suffered immensely as a result of this badly orchestrated reform process. Yet land reform can potentially...
Does South African Affirmative Action Policy Reduce Poverty? a CGE Analysis
Hélène Maisonnave, Bernard Decaluwé, Margaret Chitiga
This paper presents a computable general equilibrium model (CGEM) able to measure the impacts of the affirmative action policy set up in South Africa. In order to decrease inequalities inherited from...
LIBERALISING TRADE IN SOUTH AFRICA: A SURVEY OF COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM STUDIES
Ramos Mabugu, Margaret Chitiga
This paper reviews applications of computable general equilibrium models to trade liberalisation in South Africa. It focuses on economic structure, data, macroeconomic closure and results of the...