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Indonesia experienced the highest inflation rate among Southeast Asian countries in 2013, jumping from 3.8% in 2011 to 8.3% by the end of 2013 (Monexnews, 2014). This has resulted in instability of food prices, exacerbating the situation of low-income households’ economic well-being...
After Taiwan (the Republic of China) joined the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2002, Taiwan must keep the promise of the WTO to regulate to the open market and lower tariff. In the meantime, based on Most-Favored-Nation (MFN), it also gave a way to the opportunity for exporting Taiwan’s...
Introduction
At the present moment, Namibia is using a considerable amount of bioenergy to meet its energy demands for various reasons such as domestic cooking and heating needs (e.g. wood and charcoal). But nevertheless, the environmental impact and emission levels emanating from burning of...
INTRODUCTION
Indonesia has experienced the greatest economic growth among Southeast Asian countries. The GDP grew by 5.0% in the first half of 2017 and is likely to come in at 5.1% in 2017 and 5.3% in 2018 (Asian Development Bank, 2017). However, agriculture made up 13.7 % of the total Indonesia...
In 2014, the first civil litigation on plant variety right was raised at Changhua District Civil Court, Taiwan. The plaintiff argued the defendants planted his registered Citrus Fruits (Citrus madurensis Lour ), which he registered as new plant species under the requirement of Plant Variety and...
