This paper reports the results of application of the semi-input-output method for ranking 41 industrial sectors of the Sri Lanka economy for development by private enterprise. The paper also reviews the assumptions underpinning the semi-input-output methodology and presents a justification for...

The paper analyses the forces that have integrated the Australian economy with the global financial markets. Besides, financial deregulation and the reduction of protectionist trade barriers, the widespread application of the revolutionary changes in information and communication technology has...

The paper critically reviews the strategies that should be pursued in establish a New International Economic Order (NIEO) because the present world order does not operate in a free market. The market is rigged to subserve powerful vested interests (multinational corporations) of the advanced...

The paper reviews the demands for New International Economic Order NIEO) by developing countries on the grounds that the present order and key international institutions such as IMF, World Bank, GATT still subserve the hegemonic interest of advanced countries. The proposals to establish a NIEO...

The countries around the Pacific basin, which had for centuries been economically isolated is emerging as a dynamic growth area. This paper reviews the case for rapid spread of modern information technologies in the developing countries of the Pacific basin. The reluctance of some domestic...

This paper explains the techniques used to measure and analyze the structure of the information economy using input-output modelling. Published national accounts data fail to identify the information economy and the focus is on the measurement of the conventional sectors such as agriculture,...

The aim of this study is ascertain the differential impacts trade and aid on the growth and development process of recipient nations. Much of the empirical testing in the past has been based on single equation models to probe separately the impact of either trade or aid on growth. This study...

This paper examines empirically the validity of the New Classical policy neutrality or the Macro Rational Expectations Hypothesis in the Australian context in the period 1977Q1-1987Q2, when policymakers pursued activist policies. The empirical evidence from this study although somewhat mixed...

This paper reviews the interrelationships between the major forces of telecommunications technology and trade promoting growth in developing countries. The study uses a sample of 93 countries dichotomized in 43 developing and 50 advanced countries using the criterion of per capita income. The...