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Food Security and Poverty in Asia and the Pacific: Challenges and Policy Issues
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2012
Ensuring a secure supply of food is essential, given the world’s (and especially Asia’s) growing population, high and volatile food prices, increasingly scarce resources, and changing environment. This paper discusses the drivers behind food insecurity in Asia and points to ways to mitigate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010760354
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Uzbekistan Country Gender Assessment
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2014
In 2011, Uzbekistan celebrated 20 years of independence. The transition has not been smooth for any country in the Commonwealth of Independent States, and Uzbekistan, too, has experienced both positive and negative developments in gender equality. The status of women and men in Uzbekistan is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010942333
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Nature and Nurture : poverty and environment in Asia and the Pacific
2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003885044
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Social protection index for committed poverty reduction
Weber, Axel A. (contributor); Ahmed, Kazi S. (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003473039
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Promoting innovation and inclusion for a prosperous Asia : proceedings of the ADB-Asian Think Tank Development Forum 2014
ADB-Asian Think Tank Development Forum <2014, Seoul>; … - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011413339
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Defining an agenda for poverty reduction ; Vol. 2
Ortiz, Isabel (contributor) - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002124794
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COVID-19 and labor markets in Southeast Asia : impacts on Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam
Asian Development Bank - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012800919
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Does trade integration contribute to peace?
Lee, Jong-Wha - 2009
This paper investigates the effect of trade integration on military conflict. Our empirical analysis,based on a large … panel data set of 290,040 country-pair observations from 1950 to 2000, confirms that an increase in bilateral trade … interdependence and global trade openness significantly promotes peace. It also suggests that the effect of trade openness varies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010529705
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Food Security in Asia and the Pacific
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013
partnership with Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada; the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation; and the Liu Institute for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886235
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Sri Lanka Quarterly Economic Update: October/November 2012
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2012
The Quarterly Economic Update (QEU) provides a comprehensive and updated analysis of the recent economic performance of Sri Lanka. The QEU for October/November 2012 observes economic slowdown due to tight monetary policy restricted domestic credit expansion and weak external demand. The QEU also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010798475