Papers by Kaliappa Kalirajan
Journal of Social and Economic Development, Jan 19, 2024
Asia has been experiencing much faster economic growth than the world average and has been consum... more Asia has been experiencing much faster economic growth than the world average and has been consuming more energy and natural resources than our planet's regenerative capacity can provide. With each passing day, Asia's carbon emissions have been growing, as does its vulnerability to climate risks. The poor are the most vulnerable to these disruptions, lacking options to adapt to changing climatic conditions. The transition to a low-carbon green growth in almost all of emerging economies in the Asian region is underway. This transition has become unstoppable and irreversible. In this context, it is important to realize that the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has its own impact on the economies. Nevertheless, it has also created new once-in-a-generation opportunities for implementing hard policy reforms through economic recovery and stimulus packages. The need to accelerate the low-carbon transition as part of the pandemic recovery is unquestionable, but the question is how to do it in a cost-effective way. This research presents a broad diagnosis of new regional cooperation opportunities in areas essential to complete the transition to a low-carbon economy by 2030 and a net zero economy by 2050-2060. It highlights where regional cooperation and coordination can have the greatest impact. It points to a number of policy areas-trade, carbon taxation, carbon pricing, and innovation-where regional cooperation reduces the cost of implementing national actions and complements global pacts. This model also creates business opportunities for developing competitive green industries and low-carbon technologies across countries in the region.
Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy
Abstract Recently Varghese (2018), in his report to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade o... more Abstract Recently Varghese (2018), in his report to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Commonwealth of Australia, remarked that till 2035 India will be in the list of top three economies and will be in Asia’s top three trading partners for Australia. In this context, the research questions addressed in this paper are: What is the current efficiency level of India in exporting its merchandises; What constraints does India have to overcome to improve its export efficiency; and Has the governance structure of the ‘majority government’ played an effective role in rigorous opening up to improve its export efficiency. The empirical analysis covering the period 2001 to 2019 indicates that on average India’s export efficiency with its trading partners worked out to be about 80%. The empirical analysis has identified human capital, physical capital, and ‘majority government’ as important factors contributing to improvement in India’s export efficiency.
Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks, 1999
In the post-reform period there have been several structural changes in the Chinese economy, of w... more In the post-reform period there have been several structural changes in the Chinese economy, of which the rapidly growing township and village enterprises (TVEs) and the slowing down of grain production are two important changes with policy implications. There are several reasons for the poor performance of the grain sector, including a reduction of the area sown but technical constraint has been one of the major factors behind the fall in output growth since 1984 (Luo, 1995). Garnaut and Ma (1992) argue that the national grain output in 1988 was about half of the potential output given the prevailing conditions of climate, soil types, water supply and energy rates. Brown (1995) has warned the world grain market that China will need to import about 200 million metric tons of grain by the year 2020. He argues that more and more land will be shifted away from agriculture to industrial uses and that the unrealised grain production potential in China is likely to be small. However Brown does not provide any indication of the magnitude of the gap between potential and actual realisation of grain production in recent times.1 Johnson (1994) has optimistically argued that grain productivity in China can be increased and he asserts that China does not have a grain problem, only policy problems concerning the pricing and procurement of grain.
Springer eBooks, 2016
The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this p... more The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use.
Research School of Pacific Studies, ANU eBooks, 1993
Social Science Research Network, 2003
This study compares the sources of growth in East Asia with the rest of the world, using a method... more This study compares the sources of growth in East Asia with the rest of the world, using a methodology that allows one to decompose total factor productivity (TFP) growth into technical efficiency changes (catching up) and technological progress. It applies a varying coefficients frontier production function model to aggregate data for the period 1970-1990, for a sample of 45 developed and developing countries. Our results are consistent with the view that East Asian economies were not outliers in terms of TFP growth. Of the high-performing East Asian economies, our methodology identifies South Korea as having the highest TFP growth, followed by Singapore, Taiwan and Japan. Our methodology also allows us to separately estimate technical efficiency change, which is a component of TFP growth, and we find that, in general, the estimated technical efficiency of the high-performing East Asian economies was not out of line with the rest of the world.
Battery Limit: the defined boundary for interfaces between the plant and the external infrastruct... more Battery Limit: the defined boundary for interfaces between the plant and the external infrastructure. Capacity Factor: the ratio of the actual output of a power plant over a period of time and its potential output if it had operated at full nameplate capacity the entire time. Capital Cost: the cost of delivery of a plant, not including the cost of finance.
Indian journal of agricultural economics, 1994
Indian journal of agricultural economics, Apr 1, 1981
Australia-Japan Research Centre eBooks, 1995
Indian journal of agricultural economics, Dec 3, 1997
The authors gratefully acknowledge the anonymous referee's comments and suggestions which improve... more The authors gratefully acknowledge the anonymous referee's comments and suggestions which improved the presentation of this paper.
Australian National University, Research School of Pacific Studies, Dept. of Economics : National Centre for Development Studies eBooks, 1990
This dissertation demonstrates the dynamic nature of the new rice technology, particularly in rel... more This dissertation demonstrates the dynamic nature of the new rice technology, particularly in relation to the changing demands placed upon agricultural research. It brings out the range of actual field per formances of the location specific high yielding varieties recently evolved through decentralised research, in comparison with those of the exotic or imported high yielding varieties in an area without major constraints on performance. It thus highlights the importance of location specific re search in the development of new technology in India. Without serious external constraints including risk, this study shows that these new paddy varieties have better field performances measured in terms of productivity, economic efficiency, net profits, and assesses the distribution of benefits amongst participants. The study also suggests directions for further research to increase productivity further and to improve monetary gains and their distribution. xi ********** NEW .DELHI ANDHRA 'PRADESH KARNATAKA Madras TAMIL NADU Coim batore 500 km KERALA INDIA: Coimbatore District CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION In most developing countries, agriculture is the dominant sector, measured in terms of employment of resources and of income generation. Above all, it is a source of livelihood and sustenance for the majority of people within it, and its growth provides the greatest hope of higher standards for this majority. It also provides a surplus of food, raw materials,1 capital and labour to other sectors, hence the development of 2 agriculture plays a major role in total economic development, and formula tion of agricultural development strategies is a crucial factor in this. Choice of strategy depends on the characteristics of the sector,and the 3 latter conditions the direction of the growth process. At any point of time, an agriculture production system can be characterised by four basic resource-technology situations: unlimited land -static technology; limited land -static technology; unlimited land -4 dynamic technology and limited land -dynamic technology. In the first situation, where both land use and labour supplies are increasing, but production techniques are static, the growth of agricultural output depends on the quality of land under cultivation. In the second situation, only
Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks, Mar 27, 2003
Konark Publishers eBooks, 2000
Indian journal of agricultural economics, 1980
Australian National University, Research School of Pacific Studies, Dept. of Economics : National Centre for Development Studies eBooks, 1989
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