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hydropower dams on the Mekong River’s lower mainstream. If built, these dams would harm the river’s ecology and block the …The Mekong is under threat. The governments of Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand are considering plans to build eleven big …
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With 11 large hydropower dams proposed to block the Lower Mekong River’s mainstream, the future of the river lies at … a crossroads. To inform decision-making, in October 2010, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) published a Strategic … economies. As these dams threaten to irreversibly undermine the ecology of the Mekong River and will place at risk the …
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Much more than comparative advantage and free markets have been at play in shaping China's export success. Government … have developed in their absence. As a result, China has ended up with an export basket that is significantly more … China's rapid growth. What matters for China's future growth is not the volume of exports, but whether China will continue …
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Taking into account the latest data of exports of textiles and clothing to the European Union from South Asia and China …
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As China has become an increasingly important part of the global trading system over the past two decades, interest in … the country and its international economic policies has increased among international economists who are not China …
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, Singapore, Korea, China and Japan) as well as Hong Kong and Chinese Taipei. These are the economies that have consciously …
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Is the high degree of gender inequality in developing countries in education, personal autonomy, and more explained by underdevelopment itself? Or do the societies that are poor today hold certain cultural views that lead to gender inequality? This article discusses several mechanisms through...
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Data from two surveys of twins in China are used to contribute to an improved understanding of the role of economic … development in affecting gender differences in the trends in, levels of, and returns to schooling observed in China and in many …
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The aim of this paper is to examine the driving forces behind China’s military modernization efforts followed by an assessment of the goals and foci of China’s military modernization at present and in the foreseeable future. The paper concludes with an analysis of the...
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This paper reviews the available literature that links regional food security to the Mekong River’s wild capture … on the proposed Mekong mainstream dams, it explores how decision-making on large water infrastructure should be …
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