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Seasonal Migration and Risk Aversion
Bryan, Gharad; Chowdhury, Shyamal; Mobarak, A. Mushfiq - eSocialSciences - 2011
Pre-harvest lean seasons are widespread in the agrarian areas of Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Every year, these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009399611
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Drug Regulation and Incentives for Innovation: The Case of ASEAN
Ratanawijitrasin, Sauwakon - eSocialSciences - 2009
The focus of this paper is to examine the ways in which regulatory framework affect the pharmaeutical innovations in developing countries using member countries of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) as case study. The paper employs a wide angle view of drug regulation in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008518830
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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 … mitigation and green growth in Asia's major emerging economies.[ADBI Working Paper Series No. 369]. URL …:[http://www.adbi.org/files/2012.07.10.wp369.climate.change.mitigation.green.growth.asia.pdf]. …
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The Return of the Prodigy Son: Do Return Migrants Make Better Leaders?
Mercier, Marion - eSocialSciences - 2013
This paper investigates the impact of political leaders’ migration experience on the quality of their leadership. A database is constructed on the personal background of 932 politicians who were at the head of the executive power in a developing country over the 1960-2004 period. A...
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Book Review:Toilet Reading
Schroeder, Katie - eSocialSciences - 2011
Review of: The Culture of Flushing: A Social And Legal History of Sewage Jamie Benidickson. UBC Press,Vancouver, 2007. xxiv + 404 pp. $93.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-7748-1291-7; $32.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-7748-1292-4.
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The French Nuclear Energy Experience: Lessons for India
Sethi, Manpreet - eSocialSciences - 2011
This study seeks to derive lessons from the French nuclear energy experience that can be used to guide the Indian programme as it steps on the pedal to fast track nuclear expansion. [Occasional Paper No. 28].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008790193
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Sustaining Progress on Population and Development in Asia and the Pacific: 20 years after ICPD
Economic, United Nations; Commission, Social - eSocialSciences - 2014
The publication Sustaining Progress on Population and Development in Asia and the Pacific: 20 years after ICPD contains … an analysis of the ICPD beyond 2014 Global Survey in Asia and the Pacific and the results of additional research on the …
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Cyberwarfare: Logged and Loaded, but Wither Asia?
Noor, Elina - eSocialSciences - 2013
Cyber operations could have as devastating an impact on populations as conventional military weapons. With militaries already in the process of developing cyberwarfare as a means of battle, there is an urgent need for policymakers to understand this new realm and develop norms and rules to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945506
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Recent Social Security Reforms In Selected Asian Countries
Asher, Mukul - eSocialSciences - 2005
There are considerable variations in the philosophy, coverage, investment policies and performance, design of schemes, governance structures, degree of professionalism and adequacy of benefits among Asian countries. The pensions sector requires strong government regulation. For most Asian...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341766
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Implications of the Growing Role of Services in Asia
Sen, Rahul; Asher, Mukul - eSocialSciences - 2007
investment, which form an essential element of analyzing production fragmentation and economic integration in Asia. Following an …
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