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This paper seeks to examine how locking-in of Pakistans unilateral liberalization at the WTO/GATS and further liberalization of services trade would affect Pakistans competitiveness. Focusing on the opportunities and risks of such liberalization the paper discusses possible options regarding the...
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five phases of economic development that are common to China, Japan, and Korea : M (Malthusian), G (government-led), K (à …, this paper explores the agrarian origins of institutions in Qing China and Tokugawa Japan (and briefly ChosÅn Korea) and … interpretations of divergent institutional evolution between China and Japan, which also clarifies the simplicity of prevailing …
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Following the Jewish Revolt and the destruction of the Jewish Temple in 70 CE, there were large-scale destabilizations of the Jewish population in Palestine. Information regarding economic decisions has always been available indirectly from Jewish and Roman legalistic material, though it has...
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China exported over 90 million tons of coal in 2001 to play an important role as supplier of coal to Asian coal markets …, especially the East Asian region. However, China's coal exports have decreased every year since 2004, whereas its imports have … markets and became one of the factors for the price rise in 2007 and after. This report traces China's exports and imports of …
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The Chinese government set its wind power generation capacity target at 5 million kW for 2010 and 30 million kW for 2020 in its Medium to Long-term Renewable Energy Development Plan released in September 2007. The 11th Five-Year Renewable Energy Development Plan, announced in March 2008, doubled...
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Being located in the Deccan Plateau region, Hyderabad city has been dotted with a number of lakes, which formed very important component of its physical environment. With the increasing control of the State and private agencies over the years, and rapid urban sprawl of the city, many of the...
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, taking advantage of a world economy and energy model under a hypothetical situation where no problem exists with the actual …
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Two different data sources can be used to study Hong Kong's role in intermediating China's foreign trade. One is the … bilateral trade statistics between Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland reported by National Bureau of Statistics of China, and … change in Hong Kong's industry led by Hong Kong direct investment in China. The Chinese currency appreciation will have a …
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the world are wideranging and include development of technology, management, infrastructure, livestock, groundwater, and …
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the world are wideranging and include development of technology, management, infrastructure, livestock, groundwater, and …
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