Bhutan - Hydropower Export Boom : Its Macroeconomic Impacts and Policy Implications

Bhutan has shown remarkable economic performance over the last two decades. Growth during the second half of the 1990s was particularly strong, with annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth averaging 6.5 percent. A large part of this performance...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Policy Note
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO MARKETS ADVERSE EFFECTS AGENCY RISK AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURE AIR QUALITY ALCOHOL ABUSE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BANK LENDING BIODIVERSITY BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES CAPITAL ACCOUNTS CARBON CARBON DIOXIDE CLEAN WATER COMMERCIAL BANKS COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICE COMMODITY PRICES COMPETITIVE INVESTMENT COMPETITIVENESS COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY CURRENCY DEBT DEMOGRAPHIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DISEASES DISPOSABLE INCOME DISSEMINATION DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS DIVIDENDS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS ECONOMIC OVERHEATING ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMIC VALUE EDUCATED WOMEN ELDERLY ELECTRICITY GENERATION EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ENDANGERED SPECIES ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ETHNIC GROUPS EXCHANGE RATE EXPENDITURES EXPLOITATION EXPORT SECTOR EXPORTS FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SECTORS FINANCIAL SYSTEM FISCAL POLICY FISH FISHING FOOD SECURITY FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREST COVER FUTURE GROWTH GDP GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HEALTH RISKS HEAVY METALS HUMAN CAPITAL IFS INCOMES INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIALIZATION INEQUALITY INFORMATION SYSTEM INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTANGIBLE INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINE INVESTMENT CLIMATE LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LARGE-SCALE INVESTMENTS LEGAL FRAMEWORK LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL DEVELOPMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL POPULATION LOSS OF LAND LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES LOW-INCOME COUNTRY MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MALARIA MALNUTRITION MALNUTRITION AMONG CHILDREN MANDATES MARKET PRICE MEAT METALS MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRY MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINES MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH NATIONAL BORDERS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NATIONAL INCOME NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL LEVELS NATIONAL POLICY NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE NATIONAL PROJECT NATURAL CAPITAL NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE BASE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NEW PRODUCTS NUTRITION OPPORTUNITY COSTS PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY DIALOGUE POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK POOR POOR PEOPLE POPULATION DENSITY PORTFOLIO POSITIVE EFFECTS POTENTIAL INVESTORS POVERTY ERADICATION POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LINE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION PRESENT VALUE PRIVATE ENTITIES PRIVATE INVESTMENT PROGRESS PUBLIC DEBT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION RAPID GROWTH REAL GDP REAL GROWTH RATE REAL WAGES REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY REGIME REINVESTMENT REMOTE AREAS REMOTE RURAL AREAS REPATRIATION REPUTATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RESOURCE USE RESPECT RESPONSIBLE INVESTORS RISK EXPOSURE RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL ELECTRIFICATION RURAL POPULATION RURAL ROADS SANITATION SAVINGS SECURITY CONCERNS SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL CHANGES SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES SOCIAL COSTS SOCIAL IMPACT SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIAL RISKS SOCIAL STANDARDS SOCIAL TENSIONS SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STATE BANKS STATE ENTERPRISE STRONG GOVERNANCE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH SUSTAINABLE GROWTH SUSTAINABLE USE TAX TAX RATE TAX REVENUES TAXATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL CAPACITY TIMBER TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORTATION URBAN CENTERS VALUE ADDED VOLATILITY WATER RESOURCES WEALTH WEALTH CREATION WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO YOUNG MEN
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Bhutan - Hydropower Export Boom : Its Macroeconomic Impacts and Policy Implications

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