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"In many developing countries, achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 will require significant increases in expenditures on social services and in foreign assistance. It will also require careful planning of the sector allocation and sequencing of public spending. Especially...
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widespread open unemployment. The global economic slowdown has been transmitted to ASEAN economies through several channels … crisis aims to support ASEAN's mission to strengthen the foundations for a region of lasting peace, security and stability … of the crisis and offers a stocktaking of the range of social protection measures adopted in ASEAN member states in …
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Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries, more specifically remains very limited. A thorough literature search … identified only a few rigorous studies of the impact of minimum wages on important welfare outcomes in ASEAN countries, and some … of the policy was different from today. Given the relevance of the minimum wage policy in ASEAN economies, which are …
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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a community of more than 600 million people living in ten … countries in one of the most dynamic regions of the world. Consistent with this, ASEAN's share of world GDP and world trade has … sharply increased over the past decades. In 2003, ASEAN's regional integration agenda was significantly deepened when ASEAN …
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and Recovery (GFDRR), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat, and United Nations International …) in ASEAN Member States. DRFI is a relatively new topic and, therefore, training and capacity building of local … recommendations on DRFI in the ASEAN region. Following the World Bank disaster risk financing and insurance framework, it consists of …
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and Recovery (GFDRR), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat, and United Nations International …) in ASEAN Member States. DRFI is a relatively new topic and, therefore, training and capacity building of local … recommendations on DRFI in the ASEAN region. Following the World Bank disaster risk financing and insurance framework, it consists of …
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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on the ASEAN region, which has recorded over 27 million cases of the … disadvantage. ASEAN countries, which overall have made limited investments in research and development of vaccines and biologicals … established framework for ASEAN coordination on vaccines, there has been minimal coordination between member states to …
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COVID-19 has had a devastating effect on the ASEAN region, which has recorded over 27 million cases of the virus …. The pandemic revealed weaknesses in ASEAN's regional vaccine capacity, including in research and development … highly dependent on vaccine imports. Despite the existence of an established framework for ASEAN collaboration on vaccines …
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COVID-19 has devastated the ASEAN region, threatening two decades of human and economic development gains. With a … options, vaccination and preventative behaviors remain cornerstones for ASEAN governments to stop COVID-19's spread, save … technology platforms, low and middle-income countries (LMICs) continue to struggle to access vaccines. ASEAN countries have …
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Although economic linkages between South Asia and Southeast Asia have been strengthened over the past decade, integration between these two regions remains limited. Can new approaches to regional integration help revitalize trade and economic links between South Asia and Southeast Asia This...
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