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Climate Change Mitigation and Green Growth in Developing Asia
Howes, Stephen; Wyrwoll, Paul - eSocialSciences - 2012
Developing Asia is the driver of today's emissions intensive global economy. As the principle source of future … related domestic issues, the governments of the People's Republic of China, India, Indonesia, Thailand, and Viet Nam have … mitigation and green growth in Asia's major emerging economies.[ADBI Working Paper Series No. 369]. URL …
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From Economic Meltdown to Social Crunch – Impact of the Global Economic Recession on Social Capital Building in Developing Countries and What We still Don't Know!
Wong, Sam - eSocialSciences - 2011
This paper draws on the experiences of the Far East Economic Crisis in 1998 and argues that: (1) the poor depended heavily on bonding social capital during the Crisis, but the crunch-point beyond which they felt no longer able to rely on this is less certain; (2) bridging social capital could...
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Rebuilding China’s Social Safety Net: Why Governance Matters
Pei, Minxin - eSocialSciences - 2005
China has adopted a wide-ranging program of pension reform since the late 1990s. The new pension system has replaced …
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Dual Practice by Public Health Providers in Shandong and Sichuan Provinces, China
Meng, Qingyue; Jan, Stephen; Bian, Ying; Sun, Qiang; … - eSocialSciences - 2009
Private practice in the health sector was re-introduced from 1980, when China began its economic reform from a planned …
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India's SEZ Policy
Mårtensson, Ebba; Olsson, Per - eSocialSciences - 2012
Over the last few decades India has emerged as an economic giant. In 2000 the Special Economic Zone (SEZs) policy became part of a strategy to maintain high growth and promote India’s manufacturing sector. However, India’s current SEZ policy does little to strengthen India’s...
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The Exchange Rate Regime in Asia: From Crisis to Crisis
Shah, Ajay; Patnaik, Ila; Sethy, Anmol; … - eSocialSciences - 2010
durable Bretton Woods II arrangement, Asia then went on to slowly raise flexibility and reduce the role for the US Dollar …
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The Mystery of China’s Sinking Stocks
Shan, Weijian - eSocialSciences - 2006
introduce meaningful stock-market reform. China has largely avoided major policy blunders in its 25 years of economic reforms …
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Understanding Vietnam: A Look Beyond Facts and Figures
Trinh, Tamara - eSocialSciences - 2010
become and Asia tiger. The article looks into the economic, social, political, performance of the country. …
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Second Quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2009 -10
Subbarao, D - eSocialSciences - 2009
The repo rate has been kept unchanged at 4.75%. The reverse repo rate left steady at 3.25%. The bank rate has been retained unchanged at 6.0%. The cash reserve ratio (CRR) of scheduled banks has been retained unchanged at 5% of their net demand and time liabilities (NDTL). Statutory liquidity...
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The Chinese Aid System
Lancaster, Carol - eSocialSciences - 2009
Questions about Chinese aid—how large it is and how fast it is growing; how decisions are made on how much aid is provided each year; which countries receive it and how much they get; how the aid is managed within the Chinese government and how it is evaluated are explored. The Chinese...
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