Trade Logistics in Landlocked and Resource Cursed Asian Countries

235 Pages·2019·3.954 MB·English

by  Kankesu Jayanthakumaran, Nagesh Shukla, Charles Harvie, Odbayar Erdenetsogt

Trade Logistics in
Landlocked and
Resource Cursed
Asian Countries
Edited by
kankesu jayanthakumaran
nagesh shukla
charles harvie
odbayar erdenetsogt
Trade Logistics in Landlocked and Resource Cursed
Asian Countries
Kankesu Jayanthakumaran
Nagesh Shukla • Charles Harvie
Odbayar Erdenetsogt
Editors
Trade Logistics in
Landlocked and
Resource Cursed
Asian Countries
Editors
Kankesu Jayanthakumaran Nagesh Shukla
School of Accounting, Economics & School of Information, Systems and
Finance Modelling, Faculty of Engineering and
University of Wollongong Information Technology
Wollongong, NSW, Australia University of Technology Sydney
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Charles Harvie
School of Accounting, Economics & Odbayar Erdenetsogt
Finance UN House
University of Wollongong International Think Tank for LLDCs
Wollongong, NSW, Australia Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
ISBN 978-981-13-6813-4 ISBN 978-981-13-6814-1 (eBook)
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cknowledgement
As the editors of this book, our sincere thanks go to all of the contributors
of the book chapters, who throughout the last one year have ceaselessly
worked hand in hand to enable this book to materialise.
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ontents
1 Introduction: Trade Logistics in Asian Countries That Are
Landlocked and Resource Cursed 1
Kankesu Jayanthakumaran
Part I Economic Diversification 7
2 The Dutch Disease and Economic Diversification: Should
the Approach by Developing Countries Be Different? 9
Charles Harvie
3 Inclusion of Firm Heterogeneity in Resource Boom-Bust
Cycle Literature 47
Kankesu Jayanthakumaran, Mohammad Tariful Bari, and
Nelson Perera
4 Trade Facilitation in South Asia: Landlocked Countries’
Perspective 71
Ramesh Chandra Paudel
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5 The Determinants of FDI in Landlocked Developing
Countries in Central Asia 95
Nomintsetseg Ulzii-Ochir
Part II Country Studies: Laos PDR, Nepal and Mongolia 123
6 Modelling Trade Logistics Based on Multi- Method
Simulation Approach: Case-in-Point: Mongolia 125
Nagesh Shukla and Arjun Radhakrishnan
7 Micro-, Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs):
Challenges, Opportunities and Sustainability in East Asia 155
Charles Harvie
8 Foreign Aid and Export Performance in a Landlocked
Country: Development Lessons from Nepal 175
Kishor Sharma and Badri Prasad Bhattarai
9 Formation of Special Economic Zones in Mongolia 193
Tsolmon Tsagaach
Index 221
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otes on ontributors
Mohammad Tariful Bari is a senior assistant chief in the Planning
Commission, Bangladesh. He holds an MSc in Development Economics
from Hiroshima University, Japan, and a PhD in Economics from the
University of Wollongong, Australia. His research focuses on the micro-
economics of trade and development.
Badri Prasad Bhattarai is a learning adviser of Economics at Southern
Cross University, Sydney Campus, and holds a PhD in Economics from
the University of Western Sydney. Badri has worked at the University of
Western Sydney, Macquarie University, Central Queensland University,
Charles Sturt University and Charles Darwin University as a teaching aca-
demic for over 15 years.
Odbayar  Erdenetsogt was elected as an executive director of the
International Think Tank for Landlocked Developing Countries (ITT for
LLDCs) in 2018 by all member states. Since 2012, he has performed as an
interim director. Under his supervision and leadership, the ITT for LLDCs
was legally established as the first-ever intergovernmental organisation at
the United Nations and produced several publications on LLDC-related
issues. Mr. Odbayar holds a BA and an MA in International Relations
from the University of Dresden, Germany (2006), majoring in Political
Science, Philosophy, Economics and Social History.
Charles Harvie is an associate professor in the School of Accounting,
Economics & Finance, University of Wollongong, Australia, and holds a
PhD in Economics from the University of Warwick, UK. His research
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focuses on the economies of East and Southeast Asia, and is published in
the form of books and scholarly academic journals.
Kankesu Jayanthakumaran is a senior lecturer at the University of
Wollongong, Australia. His research has focused on ‘trade facilitation and
performance’, an area in which he has written 34 peer-reviewed journal
articles and 5 book chapters, edited 2 books and authored 1:
Industrialization and Challenges in Asia, published in 2016. His current
research area is integrative trade and logistics in landlocked countries.
Ramesh Chandra Paudel is a visiting fellow at the Australian National
University and holds a PhD from there, too. Ramesh has worked as a con-
sultant at the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and other research
organisations. His research interests include, but are not limited to, eco-
nomic growth, international trade, liberalisation and reforms, develop-
ment financing, foreign direct investment, landlocked economies and
macroeconomics.
Nelson Perera is Head of the School of Accounting, Economics &
Finance at the University of Wollongong and holds a PhD in Economics
from La Trobe University, Australia. His research focuses on the monetary
policy, applied econometrics, business analytics and application of statistics
to the business area.
Arjun Radhakrishnan is a research assistant in the Faculty of Engineering
and Information Sciences, University of Wollongong, Australia. He is a
doctoral student at the university and his research focuses on supply chain
management and project management.
Kishor Sharma is Professor of Economics at Charles Darwin University,
Australia. He has written/edited 7 books, over 70 journal articles and
about 20 book chapters. He has been a consultant to the Asian
Development Bank and the United Nations Industrial Development
Organisation to help formulate trade and development policy in Asian
developing countries.
Nagesh Shukla is a senior lecturer in the School of Information, Systems
and Modelling, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at
University of Technology Sydney. He holds a PhD from the University of
Warwick, UK, and a bachelor’s degree (Manufacturing Engineering) from
the National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology, India. His
research focuses on business data analytics and optimisation.
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS xi
Tsolmon Tsagaach is a senior lecturer in the Business School, National
University of Mongolia. He holds a MBA from La Trobe University,
Australia. He is a PhD student at the National University of Mongolia and
his research focuses on the regional economic integrations in Central and
Northeast Asia.
Nomintsetseg Ulzii-Ochir is a senior lecturer in the Business School,
National University of Mongolia, Mongolia, and holds a PhD in
International Trade from the University of Kangwon National University,
South Korea. Her research focuses on international trade, free trade agree-
ments and foreign direct investments.
Contributors
Mohammad Tariful Bari School of Accounting, Economics & Finance,
University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Badri  Prasad  Bhattarai SCU Sydney Campus, Southern Cross
University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Odbayar Erdenetsogt UN House, International Think Tank for LLDCs,
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Charles Harvie School of Accounting, Economics & Finance, University
of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Kankesu  Jayanthakumaran School of Accounting, Economics &
Finance, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Ramesh Chandra Paudel Arndt Corden Department of Economics,
Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University,
Canberra, ACT, Australia
Nelson Perera School of Accounting, Economics & Finance, University
of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Arjun Radhakrishnan Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences,
University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Kishor Sharma CDU Business School and Northern Institute, Charles
Darwin University, Sydney, NSW, Australia