Energy price increases and economic development in Malaysia

Fong Co.

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Working paper on the impact of higher energy costs (particularly petroleum price increases) on economic development in Malaysia, 1973 to 1983 - outlines trends in gross domestic product, balance of payments, trade and economic growth; considers household income and fuel expenditure of low income rural communitys; deals with choice of technology and employment in certain high power consumption industries; discusses energy policy implications. Graphs, maps, questionnaires, references and statistical tables.

Keywords: energy; cost; petroleum; price; economic development; trend; gross domestic product; balance of payments; trade; economic growth; household income.; fuel; expenditure; low income.; rural community; choice of technology; employment; power consumption; industry; energy policy; questionnaire; statistical table; énergie; coût; pétrole; prix; développement économique; energía; costo; petróleo; precio; desarrollo económico; tendance; produit intérieur brut; balance des paiements; commerce international; croissance économique; revenu des ménages; combustible; dépenses; faible revenu; collectivité rurale; choix de technologie; emploi; consommation d'énergie; industrie; politique énergétique; questionnaire; tableau statistique; tendencia; producto interno bruto; balanza de pagos; comercio internacional; crecimiento económico; ingreso de los hogares; combustible; gastos; bajos ingresos; comunidad rural; elección de tecnología; empleo; consumo de energía; industria; política energética; cuestionario; cuadros estadísticos (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 161 P. pages
Date: 1984
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Published in World Employment Programme research working paper. WEP 2-22, Technology and Employment Programme

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.ilo.org/public/libdoc/ilo/1984/84B09_421_engl.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ilo:ilowps:992349153402676

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Vesa Sivunen ().