Economic transition in Guinea: implications for growth and poverty
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| Umfang: | XIII, 221 S. graph. Darst. |
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| adam_text | Economic
Transition in
Guinea
Implications for
Growth and
Poverty
Jehan Arulpragasam
David E Sahn
Published for
Cornell University Food and Nutrition Policy Program
by NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
New York and London
CONTENTS
PREFACE xi
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
1 INTRODUCTION 1
2 BACKGROUND 5
Abundant Resources 5
Poor Performance 7
The Evolution of Economic and Social Stagnation 10
The Structural Adjustment Program 14
Notes 16
3 TRADE AND EXCHANGE RATE POLICY 18
Historical Perspectives 18
Policy Reforms 21
Economic Consequences of Reforms 26
Reform and the Exchange Rate 26
vi Contents
Reform and the Balance of Payments 30
Reform and Export and Import Composition 36
Conclusions 39
Notes 42
4 FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL POLICY 46
Historical Perspectives 46
Overview 46
Policy Failure 49
Producer Prices, Production, and Markets 52
Consumer Prices, Retail Markets, and Household Welfare 60
Policy Reform 66
General Economic Consequences of Reform 68
Pricing, Production, and Marketing of Agricultural Exports 68
Pricing, Production, and Marketing of Food Crops 71
Rice Market Liberalization 73
Rice Consumption, Price Policy, and Food Security 81
The Multimarket Model 88
Appendix Guinea Multi-market Model Equations 102
Supply, Demand, and Incomes 102
Prices 103
Market Clearing 103
Model Closure and the Real Exchange Rate 103
Notes 106
5 URBAN LABOR MARKETS 113
Labor Force Participation and Segmentation 114
Civil Service Reform 121
Small-scale Enterprises And Proprietors 131
Notes 139
6 MINING SECTOR POLICIES 141
Historical Perspectives 141
Policy Reforms 146
General Economic Consequences of Reforms 147
Notes 149
Contents vii
7 FINANCIAL SECTOR POLICIES 151
Historical Perspectives 151
Policy Reforms 155
General Economic Consequences of Reforms 156
Notes 160
8 PUBLIC SECTOR AND FISCAL POLICIES 162
Historical Perspectives 162
Policy Reforms and their General Economic Consequences 163
Tax Reform 168
Public Enterprise Reform 171
Public Investment Reform 174
Social Services and Reform 175
Notes 192
9 CONCLUSION 195
REFERENCES 205
INDEX 215
LIST OF TABLES
1 Area, Population, and Population Density 7
2 Gross Domestic Product, 1960-1993 8
3 Exchange Rates, 1970-1992 20
4 Foreign Exchange Budget, 1986-1991 23
5 Balance of Payments, 1981-1993 31
6 Long-term Public Debt, Outstanding and Disbursed, 1970 to 1992 37
7 Composition of Auction Imports 40
8 Characteristics of Agriculture, by Region 47
9 Distribution of Landholdings, by Size of Holdings, 1975 and 1985 48
10 Nominal Producer Prices of Select Crops, 1975-1992 53
11 Estimated Costs of Production, by Crop and Production Method
Compared with Official and Open Market Prices, 1981-1982 55
12 Nominal Protection Coefficients (NPCs), 1975-1992 56
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13 Crop Production Estimates, 1970-1993 57
14 State Purchases of Agricultural Products, Selected Years 58
15 Food Import Quantities by Good, 1974-1992 59
16 Volume of Agricultural Exports, 1960-1992 60
17 Comparison of Official Guinean Prices and Neighboring Countries
Paid to the Producer for Basic Agricultural Products, 1975 62
18 Official Rice Retail Prices, 1975-1985 63
19 Percent of Entitled Ration Actually Purchased, by Household
Category, 1984 65
20 Conakry Local Rice Cost Structure, 1988 and 1992 73
21 Rice Production, Imports, and Availability 75
22 Retail Rice Prices, 1985-1991 79
23 Expenditure Budget Shares by Per Capita Expenditure Quintile 82
24 Estimated Elasticities of Food Commodities 84
25 Regional Variations in Consumer Prices of Local and Imported Rice,
26 Simulated Sectoral Effects of Tariff Increases 91
27 Welfare Effects on the Poor of Tariff Changes, Conakry 93
28 Summary Effects of a 10 Percent Tariff on Alternative Food
Commodities, Conakry 98
29 Simulated Sectoral Effects of Reduced Marketing Margins 99
30 Welfare Effects on the Poor of Reduced Marketing Margins, Conakry 101
31 Participation Rates and Job Search Behavior, by Age and Gender 114
32 Nonparticipants Not Searching for Work—Reasons, by Age and Gender 115
33 Labor Market Participants—Sector of Employment, by Gender 116
34 Sector of Employment for Single and Multiple Earner Households,
by Per Capita Expenditure Quintile 117
35 Predicted Sector Entry Probabilities, by Gender and Level
of Education 118
36 Male-Female Comparisons of Predicted Hourly Earnings, by Sector
and Level of Education 120
37 Civil Service Reform—Net Staff Reduction 123
38 Government Expenditure and Wage Statistics for 1986 to 1992 124
39 Duration of Spell without Work upon Leaving thev Public Sector,
by Reason and Period of Departure 127
40 A Comparison of 1990 Private Sector Earnings with the Most
Recent Public Sector Earnings in 1990 Terms 128
41 Ranking in Per Capita Expenditure Distribution in 1990, by Reason
for Leaving the Public Sector and 1990 Employment Status 129
Contents ix
42 Number of Independent Enterprises in All Households 132
43 Enterprise Type by Period of Inception 133
44 Characteristics of Enterprises 134
45 Personal Characteristics of Main Proprietor 136
46 Characteristics of Enterprise by Gender of Proprietor 137
47 Characteristics of Enterprise by Age of Proprietor and Education 138
48 Exports of Minerals 144
49 Tax Revenues from Mining, 1986-1992 145
50 Financial Sector, 1960-1992 153
51 Structure of Interest Rates 157
52 Consumption, Investment, and Savings, 1986-1992 160
53 Financial Operations of the Central Government, 1974-1993 164
54 Financial Operations of the Central Government, 1986-1993 167
55 Real Tax Revenue, 1986-1992 170
56 Primary School Enrollment, 1980-1994 177
57 Primary School Gross Enrollment Rates for Girls and Boys,
by Region, 1992/93 178
58 Gross Enrollment in Primary and Secondary Education,
by Expenditure Group, 1994 179
59 Education Sector Expenditures 180
60 Infant Mortality and Life Expectancy by Region and by Gender,
61 The Burden of Household Expenditures on Health, 1994 186
62 Health Coverage Ratios in 1988 187
63 Government Recurrent Health Budget, 1977-1991 189
64 Per Capita Government Health Expenditures, by Expenditure
Quintiles 190
65 The Ten Major Causes of Morbidity among Children between
the Ages of 0 and 5 Years 191
LIST OF APPENDIX TABLE
1 Multimarket Baseline Supply and Demand, 1990/91 105
LIST OF FIGURES
1 Composition of Gross Domestic Products, 1990 9
2 Exchange Rate Indices 27
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3 Composition of Exports 38
4 Total Import Composition, 1990 41
5 Monthly Retail Rice Prices in Conakry, Imported vs Domestic Rice 85
6 Average Share of Household Revenue from the Small Enterprise
Sector, by Expenditure Quintile 133
7 Enterprise Budgets by Period of Establishment 135
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