We formulate the problems of finding a key sector and a key group of sectors in the economy by the hypothetical extraction method (HEM), and derive their analytic solutions that are termed industries' factor worths. It is shown that the key group of k = 2 sectors is, in general, different from...

We explicitly formulate (optimization) problems of finding a key sector and a key group of sectors within the framework of a hypothetical extraction method (HEM), and derive their solutions in terms of simple measures termed industries' factor worths. It is shown that the top k gt;= 2 sectors...

As economic planners sought to rebuild Europe in the unstable postwar period, economic expertise was called upon to help in the drawing of national budgets and to inform economic and planning policies. A tool that circulated from academia to economic administrations was the input-output...

The present paper presents key sector research for the Namibian economy, based on input-output and Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) analyzes. The analyses were derived from a Namibian SAM for the 2004 period, using 28 economic sectors. We find that mining and government services are currently key...

The present paper presents key sector research for the Namibian economy, based on input-output and Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) analyzes. The analyses were derived from a Namibian SAM for the 2004 period, using 28 economic sectors. We find that mining and government services are currently key...

The challenges posed by high balance of payments deficits that manifest as high saving-investment gaps in Papua New Guinea (PNG) are analysed. Foreign aid can play play a pivotal role to fill these balance of payments or savings-investment gaps. Australia as the largest donor of foreign aid to...

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...

This paper challenges and complements existing studies on the economic impact of Brexit providing a discussion of the UK's decision to leave the EU and how it will affect international trade networks and value-added. Using the World Input-Output Database, we develop a multi-sector inter-country...

In this work a general purpose multisectoral economy-wide model, solved for growth rates, is constructed for the Brazilian economy.In constructing the Brazilian model, the ORANI model for the Australian Economy was chosen as the starting point and was modified in a way that it can reflect and...

Recent wave of mass popular dissent reminds us that it is necessary to understand social dynamics also from the perspective of social exclusion. Landauer (1900) inquired how to create alternative community with “the inclusion of the excluded as excluded” (Agamben, 1999). Antisystem movements...