EconSearch Completed Project

Project: Economic Impact of Productivity Improvements in South Australia's Primary Industries (2009)

Client: South Australian Research and Development Institute

Summary: Provided in this report is an estimate and brief commentary on the broad economy impacts of productivity growth in South Australia’s primary industries. The economic analysis involved the identification and quantification of the indirect impacts of primary industry productivity growth on the South Australian economy using a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) framework. Estimates of economic impacts were made in terms of gross state product and employment.