The objective of the paper is to provide measures of technical efficiency for the Malaysian food manufacturing industry using panel data. The empirical results show that, on average, this industry has been achieving about 73 per cent of its potential output. This means that there are still ways...

In the past, trade, investment, and economic cooperation links within the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) have lagged behind those of other regions. The few region-wide arrangements made little progress. Recently, however, new forces have opened up opportunities with far-reaching potential. The...