This study examines the development and evolution of Malaysian agricultural pricing policies in relation to rubber, oil palm, and paddy for the period 1960 to 1983. Particular emphasis is placed on tracing the political pressures that generated and sustained these policies. The magnitude of...

The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of real income growth on the consumption of rice in Peninsular Malaysia from 1972 until 1983. A forecast of rice self-sufficiency is man-made for the years 1985-1990.

Malaysia, a country of approximately 16 million people which gained independence in 1957, relied heavily on trade to achieve substantial growth in GNP during the 1960s (6.7 percent per year) and 1970s (10.5 percent per year). In the period 1980-83, however, the rate slipped to 3.1 percent per...

This research examines households’ willingness to pay (WTP) for an improved electricity service. Households’ stated WTP is estimated using the choice experiment method (CE). The data used in the estimations came from 350 in-person interviews conducted during the period 5–22 August 2008 in...

Peru is faced with a decision to export natural gas reserves or to use the gas for future domestic consumption. It may appear that natural reserves left underground has little use, while significant export revenues to be generated from these reserves may boom the country's economy. One should,...

The study evaluates economic and financial returns of the shift from indigenous type of breed to cross-breed dairy cattle for milk production. Ethiopia is characterised by the high cost of cross-breed heifers making the transition for the poor households almost impossible without a support from...

Peru's Camisea gas fields hold nearly ninety percent of the country's natural gas reserves. In the 1990s, the government insisted on prioritizing Camisea gas for domestic consumption. The revocation of this policy in the 2000s allowed the private developers to export forty percent of Camisea's...