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Biodiversity Conservation in Asia
Squires, Dale - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National …
Asian's remarkable economic growth brought many benefits but also fuelled threats to its ecosystems and biodiversity. Economic growth brings biodiversity threats but also conservation opportunities. Continued biodiversity loss is inevitable, but the types, areas and rates of biodiversity loss...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010904364
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The Public Roles of the Private Sector in Asia: The Emerging Research Agenda
Florini, Ann - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2013
experiments are emerging within Asia, changing the terms of the social licence to operate as society becomes more adept at making … in Asia and how the debates over corporate responsibility, developed in a Western context, might translate given the very … the public roles of the private sector in Asia are evolving, and why they matter. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010904367
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Determinants of Labor-Intensive Exports by the Developing Countries: A Cross Country Analysis
Khondoker, Mottaleb; Kalirajan, Kaliappa - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2012
While it is widely recognized that industrial development is imperative in developing countries to reduce poverty and to attain sustainable economic growth, there is no consensus on how to develop industries and where to start. Generally, the literature argues that developing countries should...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010640542
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Financial Safety Nets in Asia: Genesis, Evolution, Adequacy, and Way Forward
Hill, Hal; Menon, Jayant - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2012
Financial safety nets in Asia have come a long way since the Asian Financial Crisis (AFC) of 1997/98. Not wanting to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010640551
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Can FTAs Support the Growth or Spread of International Production Networks in Asia?
Menon, Jayant - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2013
Free trade agreements (FTAs) have been proliferating in Asia for more than a decade. International fragmentation of … approach that carefully examines the characteristics of both product fragmentation trade and FTAs in Asia to ascertain possible …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010643250
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Foreign Direct Investment in Industrial Transition: The Experience of Vietnam
Athukorala, Prema-chandra; Tien, Tran Quang - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2009
This paper examines the role of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the process of industrial transition in Vietnam in the context of market-oriented reforms undertaken over the past two decades. The findings are consistent with the conventional wisdom that concomitant liberalization of trade and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468999
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The Effect of Education on the Timing of Marriage and First Birth in Pakistan
Gangadharan, Lata; Maitra, Pushkar - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2001
A rapid rise in women's education levels, an increase in the age at marriage and an increase in the age at which they have their Þrst child are key features of demographic transition in any country. Education is considered to be an essential component in this process because increases in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005030288
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The Public Roles of the Private Sector in Asia: The Emerging Research Agenda
Florini, Ann - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2013
experiments are emerging within Asia, changing the terms of the social licence to operate as society becomes more adept at making … in Asia and how the debates over corporate responsibility, developed in a Western context, might translate given the very … the public roles of the private sector in Asia are evolving, and why they matter. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010733741
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Nuclear Deterrence in Asia and the Pacific
Evans, Gareth - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2013
The Asia Pacific region includes six of the world’s nine nuclear-armed states, and in all of them relevant policymakers … neutralise threats from each other (United States, Russia, China and India), non-nuclear allies seeking nuclear protection from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010733743
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The Public Roles of the Private Sector in Asia: The Emerging Research Agenda
Florini, Ann - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2013
experiments are emerging within Asia, changing the terms of the social licence to operate as society becomes more adept at making … in Asia and how the debates over corporate responsibility, developed in a Western context, might translate given the very … the public roles of the private sector in Asia are evolving, and why they matter. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010742032