A 2019 Social Accounting Matrix for Burkina Faso with Agricultural Activities and Household Groups Disaggregated by Agroecological Zones.

ABSTRACT: A social accounting matrix (SAM) is a square matrix that captures the circular flows of all economic transactions within a country at a given time. It serves as a reference database for calibrating single-country computable general equilibrium (CGE) models to analyse the economy-wide effects of policy changes and other external shocks. We developed a SAM for Burkina Faso for 2019, adopting a top-down approach, first developing a macro-SAM and further disaggregating it to obtain a micro-SAM. The SAM depicts land as a separate account, differentiates labour by skill level, and disaggregates agriculture and households by agroecological zones. The SAM comprises 91 accounts: 47 activities, 19 commodities, margins, five factors of production, 12 household groups, three tax accounts (sales, produ

SUBMITTER: Houessou MAK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12828732 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature