Trade, Economic Development and Environment: Malaysian Experience

Al Amin, Chamhuri Siwar, Nurul Huda and Abdul Hamid
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Al Amin: Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Chamhuri Siwar: Professor, Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Nurul Huda: Lecturer, Faculty of Management, Multimedia University, Malaysia
Abdul Hamid: Associate Professor, Faculty of Business and Economics.

Bangladesh Development Studies, 2009, vol. 32, issue 3, 19-40

Abstract: The growth and structural transfor mation of the Malaysian economy over the last three decades has occurred within the framework of a liberal trade and investment regime. The environmental impact arises due to direct or indirect use of power and energy in production and, according to the type of fuel utilised, with emissions as well. Is there any trade-offs among energy use, environment and economic growth in the Malaysian economy? This paper examines the Malaysian economy wide discharge implications of CO 2 , SO 2 and NOx emissions of year 2000 and scenario projections for year 2020 using input-output analysis, which allows the calculation of emission effect in the export-import activities as well as throughout the economy. Following the Fifth Fuel Diversification Strategy incorporated conversion efficiency until the year 2020, the results show that the proposed fuel mix strategy would result in significantly higher CO 2 , SO 2 and NOx emissions in the year 2020. This study is impo rtant for rethinking of energy-mixed strategy and the projections might be used to formulate Malaysian future environmental policy

Keywords: Trade; Economic Development; Environment; Malaysian Experience (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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