Author: Christopher Edmonds
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437902049
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
Examines the role of infrastructure development and technical change in explaining increases in agricultural production and changes in land use in the Mekong Delta Region of Viet Nam during the mid-1990s. The transportation costs involved in moving agricultural input and output between farms and markets significantly effect farm land use and production decisions. Greater transport costs reduce the likelihood that farms adopt intensive cropping patterns or cultivate non-rice crops. Results suggest that the quality of local water management infrastructure is much more important than transport costs in explaining the increased intensity of land use and level of production observed in the Mekong Delta during the 1990s. Illustrations.
Role of Infrastructure in Land-Use Dynamics and Rice Production in Viet Nam's Mekong River Delta
Author: Christopher Edmonds
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437902049
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
Examines the role of infrastructure development and technical change in explaining increases in agricultural production and changes in land use in the Mekong Delta Region of Viet Nam during the mid-1990s. The transportation costs involved in moving agricultural input and output between farms and markets significantly effect farm land use and production decisions. Greater transport costs reduce the likelihood that farms adopt intensive cropping patterns or cultivate non-rice crops. Results suggest that the quality of local water management infrastructure is much more important than transport costs in explaining the increased intensity of land use and level of production observed in the Mekong Delta during the 1990s. Illustrations.
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437902049
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
Examines the role of infrastructure development and technical change in explaining increases in agricultural production and changes in land use in the Mekong Delta Region of Viet Nam during the mid-1990s. The transportation costs involved in moving agricultural input and output between farms and markets significantly effect farm land use and production decisions. Greater transport costs reduce the likelihood that farms adopt intensive cropping patterns or cultivate non-rice crops. Results suggest that the quality of local water management infrastructure is much more important than transport costs in explaining the increased intensity of land use and level of production observed in the Mekong Delta during the 1990s. Illustrations.
The Role of Infrastructure in Land-use Dynamics and Rice Production in Viet Nam's Mekong River Delta
Author: Christopher Edmonds
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Infrastructure (Economics)
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Infrastructure (Economics)
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
ERD Working Paper Series
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing Inc.
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing Inc.
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Why Are Some Countries Richer Than Others?
Author: Jesus Felipe
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 143790565X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Provides evidence of a problem with the influential testing and assessment of Solow¿s (1956) growth model proposed by Mankiw et al. (1992) and a series of papers evaluating the latter. First, the assumption of a common rate of technical progress maintained by Mankiw et al. (1992) is relaxed. Solow¿s model is extended to include the different levels and rates of technical progress of each country. This increases the explanatory power of the cross-country variation in income/capital of the OECD countries to over 80%. The estimates of the parameters are statistically significant and take the expected values and signs. Second, the estimates merely reflect a statistical artifact. This has serious implications for the possibility of actually testing Solow¿s growth model. Illus.
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 143790565X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Provides evidence of a problem with the influential testing and assessment of Solow¿s (1956) growth model proposed by Mankiw et al. (1992) and a series of papers evaluating the latter. First, the assumption of a common rate of technical progress maintained by Mankiw et al. (1992) is relaxed. Solow¿s model is extended to include the different levels and rates of technical progress of each country. This increases the explanatory power of the cross-country variation in income/capital of the OECD countries to over 80%. The estimates of the parameters are statistically significant and take the expected values and signs. Second, the estimates merely reflect a statistical artifact. This has serious implications for the possibility of actually testing Solow¿s growth model. Illus.
Poverty Estimates in India
Setting User Charges for Public Services
Author: David Donald Dole
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asian Development Bank
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asian Development Bank
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Liquid Territories
Author: Christoforos Romanos
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040230857
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
In addition to being a fundamental concept for planning the water infrastructure which supports extensive agricultural economies across Southeast Asia, knowledge of the Mekong River’s hydrological catchments has calibrated the control of land, resources and people. Liquid Territories shows how and why the areal dimensions of the Mekong’s basin, delta and floodplain have become a critical geographic reference for human activities. This book concentrates on the way knowledge of the river’s catchments has been recorded on, and extracted from, maps. Repeatedly drawn by geographers, engineers and cartographers since before the start of European colonization, the book describes how cartographic projections of the basin, delta and floodplain have affected geopolitical strategy, the exercise of military power and anthropogenic modifications of the terrain. Drawing on the discourses of hydrology, geography and cartography, as well as military science, colonial politics and regional planning, the book explains why the spatial articulation of surface water flows is reflected in the configuration of national boundaries, soils and settlements today. Focusing on geographic concepts, the book provides insights into the process of urbanization in Southeast Asia, the region’s colonial and post-colonial history, the Mekong River’s political ecology, the scales of contemporary water management and the design of territory. This book will be relevant to academics who are interested specifically in the Mekong River and Lower Mekong Basin as well as in integrated water management planning. It would be especially relevant to architects, urbanists and landscape architects.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040230857
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
In addition to being a fundamental concept for planning the water infrastructure which supports extensive agricultural economies across Southeast Asia, knowledge of the Mekong River’s hydrological catchments has calibrated the control of land, resources and people. Liquid Territories shows how and why the areal dimensions of the Mekong’s basin, delta and floodplain have become a critical geographic reference for human activities. This book concentrates on the way knowledge of the river’s catchments has been recorded on, and extracted from, maps. Repeatedly drawn by geographers, engineers and cartographers since before the start of European colonization, the book describes how cartographic projections of the basin, delta and floodplain have affected geopolitical strategy, the exercise of military power and anthropogenic modifications of the terrain. Drawing on the discourses of hydrology, geography and cartography, as well as military science, colonial politics and regional planning, the book explains why the spatial articulation of surface water flows is reflected in the configuration of national boundaries, soils and settlements today. Focusing on geographic concepts, the book provides insights into the process of urbanization in Southeast Asia, the region’s colonial and post-colonial history, the Mekong River’s political ecology, the scales of contemporary water management and the design of territory. This book will be relevant to academics who are interested specifically in the Mekong River and Lower Mekong Basin as well as in integrated water management planning. It would be especially relevant to architects, urbanists and landscape architects.
How Can Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Viet Nam Cope with Revenue Lost Due to AFTA Tariff Reductions?
Author: Kanokpan Lao-Araya
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437907334
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
In joining the Assoc. of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and ASEAN Free Trade Area, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Viet Nam have agreed to comply with the Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) Scheme, which reduces intra-ASEAN tariff rates on certain imports and may reduce gov¿t. revenue. This study proposes tax structure and tax admin. reforms and other policies that can be introduced to enhance revenue collection. They can: Strategically allocate goods among the four CEPT scheme lists; Improve their tax systems by replacing traditional general sales taxes with Value Added Tax; Reduce inefficiencies that impede tax collection and Discourage tax avoidance and evasion and reduce corruption among tax officials.
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437907334
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
In joining the Assoc. of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and ASEAN Free Trade Area, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Viet Nam have agreed to comply with the Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) Scheme, which reduces intra-ASEAN tariff rates on certain imports and may reduce gov¿t. revenue. This study proposes tax structure and tax admin. reforms and other policies that can be introduced to enhance revenue collection. They can: Strategically allocate goods among the four CEPT scheme lists; Improve their tax systems by replacing traditional general sales taxes with Value Added Tax; Reduce inefficiencies that impede tax collection and Discourage tax avoidance and evasion and reduce corruption among tax officials.
Shadow Exchange Rates for Project Economic Analysis
Author: Anneli Lagman-Martin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Banks and banking
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Banks and banking
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Welfare Impacts of Electricity Generation Sector Reform in the Philippines
Author: Natsuko Toba
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electric power production
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electric power production
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description