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ASEAN adjustment pains
Jon Fernquest, Published on 26/07/2011
» Cheap imported ceramics and glass flooded the market in 2010 with ASEAN free trade. End of LPG subsidies rocks industry once again.
Women, is the election helping them?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 02/06/2011
» "Of the 8.5 million households in the farm sector, 31% of household heads are women, and steadily increasing."
Inflation tsunami heading to Asia?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 25/05/2011
» As waves of capital inflow head towards Asia, governments act to prevent real estate and other prices from spiralling out of control.
Oil subsidies: Road to "financial chaos" ?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 11/05/2011
» Soaring oil prices won't change gas guzzling habits if government pays for it. Crippling public debt like Greece's may result.
Fuel subsidies, low energy efficiency
Jon Fernquest, Published on 03/05/2011
» With diesel fuel subsidized at 18% below market prices, food export revenues are guzzled up by oil imports.
World Bank releases report on Japan
Jon Fernquest, Published on 22/03/2011
» Inflation set to rise in Asia. Reconstruction of Japan will be expensive. Much of Thailand's debt is in Yen.
Water secrets from Israel
Jon Fernquest, Published on 11/03/2011
» Drip irrigation, waste water reclamation, technologies for extending scarce water resources, shared by Israel government.
Palm oil shortage
Jon Fernquest, Published on 23/02/2011
» Subsidies remain, but freeing imports to meet shortage would avoid rewarding those "benefiting from the crisis."
Sugar industry reform
Jon Fernquest, Published on 11/11/2010
» The vote-winning subsidies of one politician eventually have to paid back by the politicians and taxpayers that come afterwards. Consumers are also impacted by higher prices.
Agricultural price supports
Jon Fernquest, Published on 22/09/2010
» The Abhisit administration has put in place a true system of crop insurance and agricultural price supports. Payments to farmers used to be used as a system of "political booty" to gain voter support in elections.