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Challenges and Opportunities in a Trillion Dollar Economy

C, Chakrabarty K - eSocialSciences - 2011

The Indian economy reached the trillion US dollar GDP milestone in 2007 and joined other countries of the trillion dollar club, namely, the US, UK, Japan, Germany, China, France, Italy, Spain, Canada, Brazil and Russia. In fact, over the period 1960 to the late 1980s, Indiaâ€™s GDP in US...

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Socioeconomic Factors and All Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality among Older People in Latin America, India, and China: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Ferri, Cleusa P; Acosta, Daisy - eSocialSciences - 2012

Latin America, India, and China. Crude and standardised mortality rates are reported, standardized mortality ratios … comparing mortality experience with that in the United States, and estimated associations with socioeconomic factors using Coxâ …€™s proportional hazards regression. Cause-specific mortality fractions were estimated using the InterVA algorithm. Crude mortality …

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ASEAN Auto Market Growing in the Shadow of China and India

Heymann, Eric - eSocialSciences - 2011

The automobile industry in the ASEAN countries has expanded rapidly over the last few years. The growth potential of the ASEAN auto market and its now very major absolute importance for the industry warrant a more detailed analysis. In the following report depicts which opportunities the ASEAN...

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What Can Be Learned About the Economies of China and India from Purchasing Power Comparisons?

Heston, Alan - eSocialSciences - 2010

Comparisons of India and China have been made for over 50 years. This paper focuses on purchasing power estimates in China and India in the 2005 round of the UN International Comparison Programme (ICP) that was coordinated by the World Bank, the Regional Banks and Economic Commissions. The 2005...

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Three Gorges Dam: A Model of the Past

eSocialSciences; International Rivers Network IRN - 2012

The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River is the worldâ€™s largest and most controversial hydropower project. The 600 kilometer-long reservoir has displaced 1.3 million people and is wreaking havoc with the environment. The reservoir reached its final height in 2010, but many of its impacts...

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