This paper reports the results of the application of sector programming techniques for the identification of sectors and projects for promotion by private enterprise. The Industrial Policy Statement (1981) declares that Sri Lanka will foster a mixed-economy. It reserves capital goods and basic...

The study aims to identify and measure the growth of the Australian Information Economy that is destined to play a leading role in Australia's future growth and development. A methodology is devised to identify the primary information information commodities that are traded in the market. Three...

The paper critically reviews the development strategy that is embodied in the "eight aims" of the national plan enuciated for the development of post-independent economy of Papua New Guniea (PNG). An algebraic exposition of the semi-input-output criterion is the applied to identify the...

This paper discusses the demands for New International Economic Order to combat the poverty and dependency of developing countries on advance countries. The paper discusses the case for reforming foreign aid for development identifying the negative feedbacks of aid on recipients and the...

This paper presents a taxonomy of major macro-economic determinants of Australia's current account deficit during the operation of the crawling and floating exchange rate regimes during the decade 1977-1986. The econometric analysis of the impacts of external and internal shocks provide...

The belief that the price mechanism can be used exclusively to combat problems arising from growing energy shortages has led to the neglect of issues related to energy conservation. Moreover, many studies consider only the direct effects of energy use and concentrate overly only pertroleum...

The rapid informatization or increasing information intensity of Australian macroeconomic activity has become a crucial determinant of Australia's international competitiveness. However, the extant National Income Accounts or Input-Output Statistics fail to identify the Information Economy. In...

The paper analyses the causes of the Asian Financial Crisis 1977/79. The increase in cross-border capital mobility and the issues of regulating sequencing of trade liberating and capital account convertiblity are also discussed. A typology of generation-models of currency crises is analyzed. It...

Post-independence, Malaysia has implemented policies to encourage private foreign investment (PFI) in the manufacturing industries through a plethora of incentive schemes (tax relief, pioneer status, investment tax credits, export incentives, locational incentives). The incentive schemes aimed...