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

Table 16

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

Variable	Sector	Electricity (VAT funded)
		Benin	Mali	Senegal	Tanzania	Uganda	Cameroon
Va (value added or output)	Crop agriculture	–0.06	0.01	0.00	–0.07	–0.04	–0.27
	Export agriculture	0.24	0.27	–0.15	0.15	–0.06	0.43
	Mining and gas		0.41		0.38	0.07	0.34
	Industries	1.18	1.17	–0.31	0.93	–0.17	0.68
	Construction		1.65	3.56	2.26	1.29	7.03
	Private services	–0.05	0.88	0.91	0.94	0.14	0.49
	Public services	6.96	1.03	3.51	1.85	1.88	3.61
pq Market prices	Crop agriculture	1.22	0.69	0.76	0.75	0.25	1.22
	Export agriculture	2.60	0.45	0.54	0.54	0.15	1.41
	Mining and gas		0.93		0.80	0.20	0.46
	Industries	1.77	0.26	1.54	0.19	0.76	1.44
	Construction		0.34	4.89	0.63	0.73	1.37
	Private services	2.37	0.01	–0.72	–0.15	0.35	0.78
	Public services	3.56	0.50	1.29	0.53	0.35	1.34
r Borrowing rate of capital	Crop agriculture	1.12	0.74	1.20	0.62	0.19	1.03
	Export agriculture	2.92	0.72	0.92	0.56	–0.01	1.72
	Mining and gas		1.27		0.99	0.15	0.45
	Industries	0.21	–0.86	–0.76	–0.99	–1.13	–1.47
	Construction		1.21	12.48	3.14	1.84	8.21
	Private services	–2.17	0.26	–0.64	0.56	0.06	0.35