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Poverty Reduction, the Private Sector, and Tourism in Mainland Southeast Asia
Hipsher, Scott - 2017
This book explores the issue of poverty reduction within mainland Southeast Asia with a specific focus on the impact of the private sector and tourism. Covering Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, and Yunnan, the book discusses how success in poverty reduction has come about largely...
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Cash in East Asia
Rövekamp, Frank (ed.); Bälz, Moritz (ed.);  … - 2017
, and the future of cash in various monetary systems, contrasting case studies from China, Japan, Korea, and Singapore with … cashless payments for daily exchanges, while countries like Japan still largely rely on cash for a wide range of transactions … Japan’s Fiscal and Monetary Challenges -- A Coinless Society as a Bridge to a Cashless Society: A Korean Experiment -- The …
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The Transition from Graduation to Work : Challenges and Strategies in the Twenty-First Century Asia Pacific and Beyond
Dhakal, Subas (ed.); Prikshat, Verma (ed.);  … - 2019
This book reports on the findings from a research study of vocational and higher education graduates’ employability challenges. The nature and extent of these challenges, their underlying causes, and effective strategies to address the problems in this area are all analysed from a...
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Cultural and Civilisational Links between India and Southeast Asia : Historical and Contemporary Dimensions
Saran, Shyam (ed.) - 2018
The books presents the study undertaken by the ASEAN-India Centre (AIC) at Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) on India’s cultural links with Southeast Asia, with particular reference to historical and contemporary dimensions. The book traces ancient trade and...
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Emerging States at Crossroads
Tsunekawa, Keiichi (ed.); Todō, Yasuyuki (ed.) - 2019
This book is open access under a CC BY-NC-ND license. This volume analyzes the economic, social, and political challenges that emerging states confront today. Notwithstanding the growing importance of the ‘emerging states’ in global affairs and governance, many problems requiring immediate...
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The Third Option for the South China Sea : The Political Economy of Regional Conflict and Cooperation
Green, David Jay - 2016
of economics at Hosei University, Japan, and an economist at both the US Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C., and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397120
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Economic Success of Chinese Merchants in Southeast Asia : Identity, Ethnic Cooperation and Conflict
Landa, Janet Tai - 2016 - 1st ed. 2016
This book provides an original analysis of the economic success of Overseas Chinese merchants in Southeast Asia: The ethnically homogeneous group of Chinese middlemen is an informal, low-cost organization for the provision of club goods, e.g. contract enforcement, that are essential to...
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Southeast Asia beyond Crises and Traps : Economic Growth and Upgrading
Khoo Boo Teik (ed.); Tsunekawa, Keiichi (ed.);  … - 2017
This book examines how Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam can provide instructive case studies of how Southeast Asia has negotiated pathways of development beyond crises and traps. At two ends of just one decade, 1997-2007, these five countries all weathered the shocks of...
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Mainstreaming the Northeast in India’s Look and Act East Policy
Sarma, Atul (ed.); Choudhury, Saswati (ed.) - 2018
This book provides a detailed account of the evolution of India’s Look and Act East Policy, addressing the nuances of the policy and its efficacy for the Northeast Region. The Northeastern India as a region is landlocked, sharing most of its boundary with neighbouring countries of South and...
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Smart Technologies for Smart Nations : Perspectives from the Asia-Pacific Region
Mandal, Purnendu (ed.); Vong, John (ed.) - 2016 - 1st ed. 2016
Section 1: Technologies in Service -- Chapter 1: Digital Banking For Alleviating Rural Poverty in Indonesia: Some Evidences -- Chapter 2: Tax Compliance and International Cultural Factors: A Multi-Level Empirical Study -- Chapter 3: Are Values of Managers Associated With The Tasks They Perform?...
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