Showing 1 - 10 of 387
Of great importance to the future World economy is the future labor force of Asia, as Asia is by far the most populous …, dependency rates, human capital per capita, and the sources of growth in the potential future labor force are described in this … between Asia and selected other regions and aggregates are also included. Gini human capital coefficients are constructed for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377300
The paper investigates the labor market and social impacts of the global financial and economic crisis in Asia and the …, and remittances data to assess the employment and social consequences of the crisis, including falling demand for labor … provides some projections of the impact on unemployment, vulnerable employment, working poverty, and labor productivity in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008694251
The past several decades have witnessed a rebirth of global labor mobility. Workers have begun to move between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882621
Review of: Globalizing Rural Development: Competing Paradigms and Emerging Realities by M. C. Behera; Sage Publications, 2006.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009250368
Review of: Internal Displacement in South Asia: The Relevance of the UN’s Guiding Principles Edited by Paula Banerjee …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009250426
The free/open source software movement is an economic, social and political movement that has triggered a new recognition of the importance of open knowledge systems, especially in developing countries. Report of a workshop for policy makers in New Delhi. [eSS Conference Report]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512442
late entrants in Asia who can stiudy and understand the urban dynamics of existing global cities in Europe and North …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487770
Medical ethics did not become a recognized subject in the syllabus of Britain's medical schools until 1993. This Witness Seminar transcript records the development of international ethical codes, the response to them over the period 1963-93 by students and doctors and the extent of resistance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341690
Organizing Empire: Individualism, Collective Agency, and India. By Purnima Bose; Duke University Press, Durham and London, South Asian Reprint, Zubaan, New Delhi, 2006.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319320
This essay briefl y examines some of the diverse developments of social medicine as an academic discipline and its links to political conceptualizations of the role of medicine in society. The author then analyses the possible future directions open to the discipline in the Anglo-American...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487740