Kuala Lumpur, examines the macro-economic impactsof higher energy prices,particularly oil, on the balances of trade and payments and on economic growth between 1973 and 1980. In addition, the author surveys the patterns of energy use in rural households and in major industrial subsectors, and analyses the effects of energy prices on household expenditures and on production costs and technology change, over the 1973-1980 period.

Kuala Lumpur, examines the macro-economic impactsof higher energy prices,particularly oil, on the balances of trade and payments and on economic growth between 1973 and 1980. In addition, the author surveys the patterns of energy use in rural households and in major industrial subsectors, and analyses the effects of energy prices on household expenditures and on production costs and technology change, over the 1973-1980 period.