Biofuels and employment effects: Implications for socio-economic development in Thailand

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 46, Issue , 2012, Pages 409-418

  Silalertruksa, Thapat ^a,b   Gheewala, Shabbir H ^a,b   Hünecke, Katja ^c   Fritsche, Uwe R ^c  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^b Ministry of Education   (Thailand)

^c Öko Institut   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Employment; Input output analysis; Socio economic; Thailand

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS PRODUCTION; EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS; ENERGY CONTENT; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; INPUT OUTPUT ANALYSIS; KEY ELEMENTS; PALM BIODIESELS; PETROLEUM FUELS; POLICY MEASURES; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; SOCIOECONOMIC ASPECTS; THAILAND; TRADE BALANCE;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIESEL; BIOFUELS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHANOL; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; REGIONAL PLANNING;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

BIOFUEL; CASSAVA; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; ETHANOL; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SUGAR CANE; VEGETABLE OIL;

THAILAND;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 84868487664     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2012.07.019     Document Type: Article

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