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This paper addresses the question how knowledge is used to benefit the economic development of Singapore and Malaysia …
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ABSTRACT Singapore plays a leading role in changing the destiny of post colonial countries in Asian region, by …, Singapore attempted a brave step towards liberalization, international trade and capitalistic growth strategy which ultimately … made the country a ‘brand’ among other countries. Now Singapore serves as a regional headquarters for more than 3000 …
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Using a strategy of export-led growth and an activist industrial policy, Japan, the Asian Tigers and more recently China have attained high rates of economic growth. Export-led growth has taken over the status as model for developing countries' economic development from the formerly prevailing...
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paper, “Myanmar; reconsidered”, deliberately explains about Myanmar economy. However, it’s linked to politics and society as …Myanmar, as you know, is military-based country. In recent years, there is some good news from Myanmar – one of the … infrastructure in connecting Yunnan to other countries in Indochina region. Consequently, the world is now glaring at Myanmar. It is …
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Corruption is widespread in Myanmar, and this has significant negative effects on the country’s economic development …. In response, President U Thein Sein has made fighting corruption a priority. However, despite Myanmar’s gradual … issues still facing Myanmar, and lays out recommendations to strengthen the efforts to tackle them. These include stricter …
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This paper uses survey data collected from Kalaymyo, a small urban city in North West Myanmar, to characterize firms …
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This paper examines whether education empowers women. We exploit an exogenous variation in education induced by a longer school year in Indonesia in 1978, which fits a fuzzy regression discontinuity design. We find education reduces the number of live births, increases contraceptive use, and...
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This is a keynote address at the ASEAN-SEAFDEC conference on Sustainable Fisheries for Food Security Towards 2020, Fish for the People 2020: Adaptation to a Changing Environment. It addresses theme one of the conference which is Enhancing Governance in Fisheries Management. With the...
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demonstrate that Philippines and Vietnam, both in South East Asia, have the highest education level, highest rates of economic … movements (the Philippines), government programs (the Doi Moi program of Vietnam) and Non Government Organization efforts …
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This paper describes the methods used to construct an index to measure the maritime potential of nations. This prototype uses a limited number of variables to measure (a) the locational advantage of having a long coastline in comparison to the landmass (Maritime Potential Index MPI) , (b) the...
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