Energy Market and Policies in ASEAN
Energy Market and Policies in ASEAN

Author: Shankar Sharma

Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 9813035854

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This book provides a detailed understanding of the energy situation in ASEAN and analyses the key aspects of the energy strategies and policies of the member countries in broader regional and international perspectives. It presents a regional comparative analysis of the energy demand pattern, the prospects for regional oil and gas production, the future of the regional refining sector, and various policies adopted to overcome the problems created by energy crises in the region. The challenges of the energy sector in the ASEAN countries — Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand — are then examined in greater detail.

Labor Market Distortions, Rural-Urban Inequality, and the Opening of the People's Republic of China Economy
Labor Market Distortions, Rural-Urban Inequality, and the Opening of the People's Republic of China Economy

Author: Thomas Hertel

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2008-05

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 1437900607

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Evaluates the impact of some key factor market reforms on rural-urban inequality & income distribution, using a household-disaggregated, recursive dynamic computable general equilibrium model of the People¿s Republic of China. It also explores how these factor market reforms interact with product market reforms currently under way as part of the country¿s World Trade Org. (WTO) accession process. The simulation results show that reforms in the rural land rental market & hukou system, as well as increasing off-farm labor mobility, would reduce the urban-rural income ratio dramatically. Furthermore, the combination of WTO accession & factor market reforms improves both efficiency & equality significantly. Charts, tables & graphs.

Practices of Poverty Measurement and Poverty Profile of Nepal
Practices of Poverty Measurement and Poverty Profile of Nepal

Author: Devendra Chhetry

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2009-03

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 1437905641

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Reviews the poverty measuring practices, available measures of poverty, and economic growth figures of Nepal. The poverty rates for FY 1976-77, 1984-85, and 1995-96 are found to be not comparable due to change in methodology over time. The three poverty rates average 40%. Nepal has experienced high economic growth during the 7th (1985-86 to 1989-90) and 8th (1992-93 to 1996-97) Plan periods with no strong evidences of poverty reduction. This incompatible result is partially explained by comparing growth of the agricultural sector with the role of the sector in providing employment and income generation at the household level, and by comparing social indicators particularly literacy rate with the growth of the nonagricultural sector. Tables.