UN Industrial Development Organisation draws on Griffith lecturer’s research in new report

Research into household consumption patterns conducted by Griffith University senior lecturer Dr Andreas Chai has been used as the basis for the opening chapters of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation‘s latest global Industrial Development Report.
The first such report to be published in two years, the 2018 IDR focuses on the demand for manufacturing around the world, and ways to drive inclusive and sustainable industrial development.
Dr Chai – who is also the Discipline Lead for Economics in Griffith Business School‘s Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics – has had an interest in the data behind household consumption since he was a PhD student, when he first came across an 1856 manuscript, written by statistician Ernst Engel, exploring the living conditions of the working poor.
“Engel made some excellent insights into how to assess the living conditions of households and what can be done by governments to improve living standards,” Dr Chai said.
“One of these was

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