Skip to Main Content

Improving Environmental Management in Uganda

2018

This case study illustrates the application of a computable general equilibrium model to assess the economy-wide costs and benefits of investment in water resources development and environmental management (including coincident health implications) in Uganda. This assessment addresses a series of impact channels which trace raw resources such as arable land, water (as rivers and lakes), wetlands, and forests from their sources, through government and private management, and into the economy. The results are then fed into a model that estimates the impact on a variety of economic indicators. A key finding is that without proper investment in environmental and water management, projected gross domestic product and employment could suffer significantly. The authors also compare the results to the results of a conventional benefit-cost analysis and find the overall estimates of benefits are similar, although avoided premature mortality dominates the results in the latter case.

 

Source:

Neumann JE, Amanya C, Strzepek KM. Contribution of Water Resources Development and Environmental Management to Uganda’s Economy. Guidelines for Benefit-Cost Analysis Project Working Paper No. 11, 2018. https://media.repository.chds.hsph.harvard.edu/static/filer_public/ec/4d/ec4d9902-8f3b-443c-8bb0-19a28eb3b38f/2018_neumann_water_uganda_bca_prj_wp_21.pdf