Port Rail Connectivity and Agricultural Production : Evidence from a Large Sample of Farmers in Ethiopia
Agriculture remains an important economic sector in Africa, employing a large share of the labor force and earning foreign exchange. Among others, transport connectivity has long been a crucial constraint in Africa. In theory, railways have a parti...
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okr-10986-272882021-06-08T14:42:47Z Port Rail Connectivity and Agricultural Production : Evidence from a Large Sample of Farmers in Ethiopia Iimi, Atsushi Adamtei, Haileyesus Markland, James Tsehaye, Eyasu AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY TRANSPORT RAIL PORTS Agriculture remains an important economic sector in Africa, employing a large share of the labor force and earning foreign exchange. Among others, transport connectivity has long been a crucial constraint in Africa. In theory, railways have a particularly important role to play in shipping freight and passengers at low cost. However, most African railways were in virtual bankruptcy by the 1990s. Using a large sample of data comprised of more than 190,000 households over eight years in Ethiopia, the paper estimates the impacts of rail transport on agricultural production. Methodologically, the paper takes advantage of the historical event that a major rail line connecting the country to the regional hub, the Port of Djibouti, was abandoned in the 2000s. With spatially highly disaggregated fixed effects and instrumental variables incorporated, an agricultural production function is estimated. The elasticity with respect to port connectivity is estimated at 0.276. The use of fertilizer is also found to increase with transport cost reduction, supporting the fact that a large amount of fertilizer is imported to Ethiopia. 2017-06-21T16:38:47Z 2017-06-21T16:38:47Z 2017-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/415391496764154835/Port-rail-connectivity-and-agricultural-production-evidence-from-a-large-sample-of-farmers-in-Ethiopia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27288 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8088 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Ethiopia |
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Agriculture remains an important
economic sector in Africa, employing a large share of the
labor force and earning foreign exchange. Among others,
transport connectivity has long been a crucial constraint in
Africa. In theory, railways have a particularly important
role to play in shipping freight and passengers at low cost.
However, most African railways were in virtual bankruptcy by
the 1990s. Using a large sample of data comprised of more
than 190,000 households over eight years in Ethiopia, the
paper estimates the impacts of rail transport on
agricultural production. Methodologically, the paper takes
advantage of the historical event that a major rail line
connecting the country to the regional hub, the Port of
Djibouti, was abandoned in the 2000s. With spatially highly
disaggregated fixed effects and instrumental variables
incorporated, an agricultural production function is
estimated. The elasticity with respect to port connectivity
is estimated at 0.276. The use of fertilizer is also found
to increase with transport cost reduction, supporting the
fact that a large amount of fertilizer is imported to Ethiopia. |
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Working Paper |
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Iimi, Atsushi Adamtei, Haileyesus Markland, James Tsehaye, Eyasu |
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Iimi, Atsushi Adamtei, Haileyesus Markland, James Tsehaye, Eyasu |
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Iimi, Atsushi |
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Port Rail Connectivity and Agricultural Production : Evidence from a Large Sample of Farmers in Ethiopia |
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Port Rail Connectivity and Agricultural Production : Evidence from a Large Sample of Farmers in Ethiopia |
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Port Rail Connectivity and Agricultural Production : Evidence from a Large Sample of Farmers in Ethiopia |
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Port Rail Connectivity and Agricultural Production : Evidence from a Large Sample of Farmers in Ethiopia |
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Port Rail Connectivity and Agricultural Production : Evidence from a Large Sample of Farmers in Ethiopia |
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port rail connectivity and agricultural production : evidence from a large sample of farmers in ethiopia |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2017 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/415391496764154835/Port-rail-connectivity-and-agricultural-production-evidence-from-a-large-sample-of-farmers-in-Ethiopia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27288 |
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