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

Year: 2025

Type: data-paper

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, production, and income), government, enterprises, savings-investments, and the rest of the world. The SAM is freely accessible to support economy-wide analyses for Burkina Faso, specifically, analyses across agroecological zones.

Source: Data in Brief

DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2025.112424

Authors: Martial A.K. Houessou, Zuhal Elnour, Harald Grethe, François Ramdé

Institutions: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Agricultural Research Corporation

Language: English

Topic: Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: No poverty, Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,220