Eco-Products 2010

Unclassified ECO / WKP ( 2010 ) 66

Enhancing the effectiveness of social policies in Indonesia Indonesia has made considerable progress over the years in improving the social conditions of its population, especially among disadvantaged groups, not least by raising government spending and strengthening social protection programmes. Nevertheless, in some respects social outcomes remain sub-par in relation to regional peers. In par...

Eco 2010/03 Department of Economics Debt Consolidation and Fiscal Stabilization of Deep Recessions

The global financial crisis of 2008–09 has sent public debt on sharply higher trajectories. With the economic recovery gradually taking hold, the focus is now shifting to fiscal “exit” strategies. Medium-term consolidation efforts are likely to include not only tax increases but also sizeable spending cuts. Our paper uses a standard new Keynesian model to show that the anticipation of such medi...

Eco 2010/02 Department of Economics Constrained Inefficiency and Optimal Taxation with Uninsurable Risks

Should capital and labor be taxed, and if so how when individuals’labor and capital income are subject to uninsurable idiosyncratic risks? In a two period general equilibrium model with production, we first show that reducing investment is welfare improving if households are homogeneous enough ex ante. On the other hand, when the degree of heterogeneity is suffi ciently high a welfare improveme...

Management of rhizome rot disease of ginger using eco-friendly natural products

Rhizome rot caused by Pythium spp and Fusarium spp is one of the most devastating diseases of ginger in most of the ginger growing areas of the Nepal. Realizing the context for development of alternative control strategies to reduce dependency on synthetic fungicides, a field experiment on management of rhizome rot disease of ginger using eco-friendly natural products was conducted at GRP, Kapu...

A Protocol to Address User Behavior in the Eco-Design of Consumer Products