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The Economics of Desertification, Land Degradation, and Drought

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Table A.5—Continued<br />

Author Country Costs Unit % <strong>of</strong><br />

GDP<br />

Grohs 1994 Zimbabwe 0.7–<br />

2.1<br />

US$<br />

million<br />

Stocking 1986 Zimbabwe 117 US$<br />

million<br />

Berry, Olson, <strong>and</strong><br />

Campbell 2003<br />

China 4%<br />

Ethiopia 139 US$<br />

million<br />

Mexico 3.2 US$ billion<br />

Berry et al. 2003 Rw<strong>and</strong>a 23 US$<br />

million<br />

Bishop 1995 Mali 1.1– US$<br />

7.3 million<br />

145<br />

% <strong>of</strong> agricultural<br />

GDP<br />

Note<br />

< 1% 0.36% In 1988/1989<br />

dollars<br />

9% In 1986 dollars<br />

4% 0.2–0.5% Direct effects<br />

3.50% Direct effects<br />

1.51% 3.38% (3–13% in<br />

Yesuf et al. 2005)<br />

Malawi 13 Mil. US-$ 2,4% (17-55% in<br />

Yesuf et al., 2005)<br />

Young 1993 South <strong>and</strong><br />

Southeast<br />

Asia<br />

7%<br />

India 5%<br />

Drechsel <strong>and</strong><br />

Gylele 1999<br />

Source: Author’s compilation.<br />

Pakistan 5%<br />

Mali 5.5–6.5%<br />

Madagascar 6–9%<br />

Malawi 9.5–11%<br />

Ghana 4–5%<br />

Ethiopia 10–11%<br />

beta=0,004,<br />

beta-factor:<br />

sensitivity to<br />

soil erosion,<br />

values for<br />

different betas<br />

calculated<br />

Beta = 0.004

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