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Rural credit: a source of sustainable livelihood of rural India

Akoijam, Sunildro L.S. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 40 (2013) January, pp. 83-97

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the issues and concerns of Indian rural credit, which is a powerful tool for enhancing production and productivity and for poverty alleviation. Further it highlights some of the strategies adopted by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to increase the...

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Are trade deficits sustainable? Evidence from the ASEAN-five

Tiwari, Aviral Kumar - In: International Journal of Social Economics 40 (2013) January, pp. 68-82

-five economies, viz., Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Myanmar and Thailand, in the presence of structural breaks. Design … relation between exports and imports for Indonesia, Myanmar and Thailand; and finds sustainable long-run trade deficit only for … failed to establish; a long-run equilibrium; and sustainable external (import and export) balance. For Indonesia and Thailand …

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Firm-level impacts of natural disasters on production networks : evidence from a flood in Thailand

Hayakawa, Kazunobu; Matsuura, Toshiyuki; Okubo, Fumihiro - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014

In this paper, we explore the firm-level impacts of flooding in Thailand in 2011, specifically those on the procurement … patterns at Japanese affiliates in Thailand. Our findings are as follow. First, the damaged small firms are more likely to … lower their local procurement share, particularly the share of procurement from other Japanese-owned firms in Thailand …

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FTA utilization : certificate of origin data versus customs data

Hayakawa, Kazunobu; Kim, HanSung; Nuttawut, Laksanapanyakul - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013

This paper empirically examines what kinds of elements affect the gap in free trade agreement (FTA) utilization with regard to customs data and certificates of origin (CoOs) data. We focus on Thai exports to Korea under the ASEAN-Korea FTA in 2011. As a result, we found that the products with...

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New measures of FTA liberalization level

Hayakawa, Kazunobu; Nuttawut, Laksanapanyakul - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013

, we compute such measures of FTA liberalization level for three FTAs in Thailand. …

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Some practical guidance for the computation of free trade agreement utilization rates

Hayakawa, Kazunobu; Nuttawut, Laksanapanyakul; Shiino, Kohei - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013

The literature on the use of free trade agreements (FTAs) has recently been growing because it is becoming more important to encourage the use of current FTAs than to increase the number of FTAs. In this paper, we discuss some practical issues in the computation of FTA utilization rates, which...

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Assessment of FDI impact on Thailand's production sectors : implications for investment promotion activities

Pisit, Puapan - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014

positively to Thailand's economic growth. However, when analyzing the sectoral details, the empirical results indicate that FDI … has a varying impact on the productive sectors in Thailand. Out of the 9 sub-sectors covered by this study, 5 sub … Thailand's FDI promotion policies to be more productive and beneficial for the Thai economy. …

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Treatment seeking and health financing in selected poor urban neighbourhoods in India, Indonesia and Thailand

Seeberg, Jens; Pannarunothai, Supasit; Padmawati, Retna Siwi - In: Social Science & Medicine 102 (2014) C, pp. 49-57

Thailand. About 200 households in New Delhi, Bhubaneswar, Jogjakarta and Phitsanulok were repeatedly interviewed over 12 months …

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Critical review of the current status of wind energy in Thailand

Chingulpitak, Sakkarin; Wongwises, Somchai - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 31 (2014) C, pp. 312-318

Thailand generates electricity from many sources, including natural gas, coal/lignite, fuel oil, diesel, and renewable … energies, such as wind, hydroelectricity, and solar power. In 2012, the main electrical energy sources in Thailand were natural …

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The Impact of Internal Migration on Local Labour Markets in Thailand

El Badaoui, Eliane; Strobl, Eric; Walsh, Frank - EconomiX, Université Paris Ouest-Nanterre la Défense … - 2014

We estimate the impact of internal migration on local labour markets in Thailand.Using an instrumental variable …

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