Last Updated:
4 Nov, 2019
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economic toolbox
Spatial Extent:
global
This Toolbox provides for methods for updating and balancing Social Accounting Matrices (SAMs) using Rwanda SAMs from 2006 and 2011 as an example. The objective is to update the initial SAM (2006) using four separate methods and compare each updated SAM with the final or observed SAM (2011). The four methods explored here are Cross-Entropy, Ordinary Least Squares, Huber, and Hellinger methods.
Last Updated:
27 Nov, 2018
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economic toolbox
Spatial Extent:
global
Development of agricultural value chains is necessary to help smallholder farmers in Africa. Domestic agricultural policies and trade policies impact all economic agents along the value chain, from farmers to traders to consumers. Thus, it is critical to understand the impact of policy distortions to agricultural incentives along the complete value chain. This AGRODEP Incentives along Value Chains (IVC) Toolbox in Excel, has been developed to aid AGRODEP researchers in conducting this type of analysis on distortions in the value chain with a focus on agriculture.
Last Updated:
6 Oct, 2017
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single-country computable general equilibrium model
Spatial Extent:
national
This model allows members to explore the sensitivity of computable general equilibrium (CGE) models to the choice of macroeconomic closure rules using the case of the standard IFPRI model for Nigeria and Tanzania. Two sets of simulations are performed: a 50 percent decrease in import taxes and a 10 percent increase in agricultural productivity. For each simulated scenario, we study around 10 closure rules related to the government, the rest of the world, the investment-savings equilibrium, and the factors market.
Last Updated:
21 Jan, 2016
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multi-market partial equilibrium model
Spatial Extent:
global
The spatial equilibrium model is a multi-region partial equilibrium model which links producers and consumers from different locations. It allows economists to examine the global economic and trade consequences of diverse trade policies by determining their effects on market, trade and welfare variables. As an example, it evaluates the impact of such policies on supply and demand, producer and consumer prices, volume and direction of trade, consumer and producer surpluses, as well as on world welfare.
Last Updated:
21 Jul, 2015
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economic toolbox
Spatial Extent:
global
Last Updated:
27 Mar, 2015
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economic toolbox
Spatial Extent:
neutral
The AGRODEP GAMS Training Toolbox is intended to assist those interested in economic modeling-- including but not limited to general and partial equilibrium models as well as optimization problems-- by teaching them to use the GAMS software, a cornerstone of many modeling efforts. These economic models can be used to conduct research on a wide range of topics, such as analysis of various forms of policies, issues pertaining to agricultural growth and poverty, climate change, natural resource management, and the role of science and technology.
Last Updated:
27 Mar, 2015
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economic toolbox
Spatial Extent:
neutral
La Boîte à Outils "Formation GAMS AGRODEP" vise à aider ceux qui s'intéressent à la modélisation économique, incluant (sans s'y limiter) les modèles d'équilibre général et partiel ainsi que les problèmes d'optimisation, en leur apprenant à se servir du logiciel GAMS, un instrument essentiel dans les pratiques contemporaines de modélisation.
Last Updated:
25 Mar, 2015
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multi-market partial equilibrium model
Spatial Extent:
neutral
PETS is a multi-region, multi-sector, dynamically recursive, and partial equilibrium (PE) model. The model developed in Fontagne, Laborde, and Mitaritonna (2011) focuses on trade policy analysis using disaggregated geographical and sectoral levels of data. The model emphasizes the demand side, which is specified as a nested CES structure, where the initial regional income is assumed to be fixed. The demand is expressed at various levels of disaggregation matched by increasing substitutability (elasticity of substitution increases with higher level of disaggregation).
Last Updated:
25 Mar, 2015
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economic toolbox
Spatial Extent:
regional
The approach of this macroeconometric modelling method is unique in two ways: First, it will be extremely developed, with the goal of giving modelers a complete set of elements which will allow them to build their own models. To this end, our presentation is complemented by examples using the EViews software, from general strategies to technical details. The associated programs and files are provided. Second, it will focus on Africa, to which all our examples will relate.
Last Updated:
8 Aug, 2014
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economic toolbox
Spatial Extent:
neutral
The Supply and Demand Elasticities Toolbox provides a technical guide, Stata code, and data files to estimate supply and demand elasticities. The first portion of the guide is dedicated to the estimation of elasticities in producer theory and portion two is dedicated to elasticities in consumer theory. This toolbox is restricted to AGRODEP members and AGRODEP affiliate members only.
