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This report compares and contrasts how disaster risk management is being conceptualised in relation to emerging climate change adaptation efforts and how these two agendas are influenced by different governance systems, accountabilities and social contracts in Zambia, Uganda, Viet Nam and Nepal....
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governance in Africa and Asia. Drawing on research in Nepal, Uganda, Vietnam and Zambia, the reports discusses four key themes in …
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Goals for climate change adaptation and disaster risk management are widely recognised as overlapping, but little is known about the dynamics of this interplay in the perspectives and practices of local authorities. An important aspect of this is how provincial, district and municipal level...
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Globally, Vietnam is among the most open economies with a trade-to-GDP ratio of 190 percent in 2018. Through the … has made remarkable achievements in trade liberalization. Vietnam's major trade partners located in East Asia, North … relations and connectivity initiatives are relevant to Vietnam, including with Southeast Asian neighbors, and South Asia …
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Vietnam. Based on 16 years of data, the paper presents the main observations on the impact of international competition on the … insurance market after Vietnam opened up to foreign investors. The results show that in Vietnam: after foreign penetration … positively impacted the insurance industry based on evidence from Vietnam …
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The Mekong Delta in Vietnam covers approximately 12 percent of the national area, and is home to approximately a fifth … of Vietnam's population. The region contributes 50 percent of the rice crop, 65 percent of aquaculture, 70 percent of … interprovincial coordination, climate change, pollution, and energy constraints. The Mekong Delta of Vietnam is also extremely …
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in Vietnam shows that the main determinant of the eradication of extreme poverty by 2030 is the income of unskilled … significant impact on poverty in Vietnam in about a quarter of the scenarios, with 400,000 to more than a million people living in …
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With 70 percent of its population living in coastal areas and low-lying deltas, Vietnam is exposed to many natural …, while the main strategy in Vietnam today to manage flood risk is to reduce exposure, the increase in exposure estimated in …
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development quest. The sample includes Brazil, India, Vietnam and four African countries-Botswana, Ghana, Nigeria, and Zambia … industrialization only played a significant role in Vietnam …
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