The Impact of Infrastructure Spending in Sub-Saharan Africa: A CGE Modeling Approach

Table 14

Sectoral results for road investments, import duties funded (values in table are % variations of variables with respect to reference period).

Variable	Sector	Road (reduction of other public expenditure)
		Benin	Mali	Senegal	Tanzania	Uganda	Cameroon
Va (value added or output)	Crop agriculture	1.03	0.92	0.95	0.83	0.22	1.34
	Export agriculture	1.50	1.37	1.91	1.25	0.36	1.53
	Mining and gas		1.54		1.52	0.09	1.59
	Industries	1.75	0.83	1.75	0.82	0.35	1.18
	Construction		2.25	3.32	2.05	1.66	8.70
	Private services	1.24	0.5	1.19	0.61	–0.01	0.72
	Public services	–7.05	–1.43	–3.46	–2.06	–2.20	–4.25
pq Market prices	Crop agriculture	–0.02	–0.12	–0.24	–0.30	–0.11	–0.36
	Export agriculture	0.03	–0.59	–0.64	–0.70	–0.20	–0.37
	Mining and gas		–0.97		–0.05	0.18	–0.28
	Industries	0.89	–0.36	–0.73	0.19	0.07	0.10
	Construction		0.03	5.71	0.94	0.45	0.16
	Private services	–0.37	0.38	–0.51	0.42	–0.02	0.10
	Public services	–2.19	0.4	–0.41	0.51	0.05	0.24
r Borrowing rate of capital	Crop agriculture	0.98	0.8	0.96	0.46	0.10	0.84
	Export agriculture	1.43	0.71	1.06	0.38	0.14	0.61
	Mining and gas		0.55		–0.08	–1.34	1.21
	Industries	3.26	1.24	0.47	0.91	0.54	1.67
	Construction		2.53	16.23	3.40	2.51	9.51
	Private services	1.34	0.97	0.72	1.02	–0.08	0.84