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Growing Beyond the Low-Cost Advantage: How the People's Republic of China Can Avoid the Middle Income Trap?
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2012
The economic success of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) over the last 3 decades has brought with it new challenges. Rising wages and population aging mean that future growth needs to rely more on productivity improvement through industrial upgrading and innovation, and transition from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276467
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Myanmar in Transition: Opportunities and Challenges
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2012
location between the People’s Republic of China and India, and act as a conduit between South and Southeast Asia.In order to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010760358
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ADB Briefs 12: The Irrigation Service Fee Waiver in Viet Nam
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013
This policy brief aims to inform policy makers in the Government of Viet Nam and development partners involved in developing the water and irrigation subsector about the irrigation service fee waiver and related issues. This is intended to stimulate debate and plan for rational solutions to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884946
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ADB Brief 20: A Safe Space for Humanity: The Nexus of Food, Water, Energy and Climate
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2014
The 20th Century saw major human triggered transitions that cumulatively are threatening the safety of the habitat for humans on planet earth. Population, resources, and the rapid accumulation of wealth all are intertwined in the 5 major transitions from the past to our new global future. These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010942334
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Core Agriculture Support Program Phase II 2011-2015
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2012
A more integrated, harmonious, prosperous, and equitable Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) requires agriculture to be the … lead contributing sector. Regional cooperation in the agriculture sector is guided by the Core Agriculture Support Program … (CASP), which is implemented by the Working Group on Agriculture. Under CASP Phase I (2006–2010), GMS member countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010789248
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Case Studies on Crossborder Ecotrade
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2012
This compilation of four country case studies provides a comprehensive understanding of challenges, good practices, and lessons learnt under different situations. In the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, a cross-border vegetable trade agreement with its neighboring, Thailand, aided in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010823356
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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 … insecurity in Asia and points to ways to mitigate it. The world’s population has now reached 7 billion, and is projected to … increase by more than 2 billion between now and 2050. Asia will account for majority of the increase. And Asia’s growing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010760354
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Bhutan Transport 2040 Integrated Strategic Vision
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013
Development Partnership Program for South Asia, financed by the Government of Australia through the Australian Agency for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884931
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Cost of Adaptation to Rising Coastal Water Levels for PRC, Japan, and the Republic of Korea
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013
This publication explores the potential costs for coastal adaptation from 2010 until 2050 in East Asia due to climate … Climate Change and Low Carbon Growth Strategies in Northeast Asia, financed by ADB and the Korea International Cooperation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884932
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Modernizing Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures to Facilitate Trade in Agricultural and Food Products: Report on the Development of an SPS Plan for the CAREC Countries
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013
This project study was initiated by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) as part of the Central Asia Regional Economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884935