AAs with many other developing countries, Saudi Arabia has experienced wide fluctuations in its export proceeds over the last two decades. This can be attributed to two factors: (1) heavy dependence of export proceeds on a single export commodity (commodity concentration) and fe…
The purpose of the dissertation is to examine spatially-linked pricing dynamics in Indonesian rice markets using 1982-1993 time series weekly retail price data from 27 provincial capital cities. Multivariate Johansen and Juselius cointegration tests were employed. The sample per…
Since the reform in the 1980s, the Chinese electric power industry has experienced rapid expansion in both capacity and outputs, which is surprising since the industry is still under a plan control. The shortage of supply is a common problem in a plan economy according to the co…
Yemen is a water scarce country. Like many other developing countries, it is constrained by a lack of natural resources and finds it difficult to secure sufficient water for human consumption and for agricultural irrigation. This raises the question of how to design actions and …