This pre-feasibility study develops a practical and implementable program to develop the Sarawak (Malaysia)–West Kalimantan (Indonesia) border area (within a broad geographic context), based on specific industry value chains. It identifies concrete and high-impact projects that will advance implementation of an integrated border area development program for West Kalimantan. It maps the optimal configuration of Sarawak–West Kalimantan cross-border trade and investment in goods and services; and, concurrently, provides the design of a border area development plan for the two territories. As a pre-feasibility study, we examine a wide range of industry options and determine which projects are economically viable within the socioeconomic, institutional, and political context of Sarawak and West Kalimantan. We follow the same analytical approach as that for the pilot project study of North Kalimantan and Sabah, which serves as a high-profile demonstration pre-feasibility study for this and other border area development programs.

Examines internal and external constraints and recommends areas where technical assistance and policy actions can help overcome barriers.

In Brunei-Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines - East Asean Growth Area. Vol. II. Manila: Asian Development Bank, 1997.

Presented to the American Economic Association Meeting, New Orleans, 3-5 January 1992

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In Long Term Trends in Latin American Economic Development. Edited by M. Urrutia. Washington, D.C.: Inter-American Development Bank, 1991

In International Commodity Market Modelling: Advances in Methodology and Applications. Edited by O. Guvenen, W.C. Labys, and J.B. Lesourd. London: Chapman and Hall, 1991

Co-authored with Walter C. Labys. In Applied Economics, 1991

Published by Oxford: Clarendon Press. This book presents a theory-based approach to modeling international trade in the presence of imperfect competition.