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The Lancang-Mekong River Basin: Reflections on Cooperation Mechanisms Pertaining to a Shared Watercourse
Sunchindah, Apichai - eSocialSciences - 2013
The ambitious development plans for the Lancang-Mekong River Basin (LMRB) could have serious environmental, social, cultural and even geopolitical ramifications that could in turn destabilise the Mekong Subregion (MS). On the premise that frameworks for regional cooperation offer a viable route...
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Toward an Economic Sociology of Chronic Poverty: Enhancing the Rigor and Relevance of Social Theory
Woolcock, Michael - eSocialSciences - 2008
This paper focuses on both expanding and refining the analytical scope of the “social†(or non-economic) aspects of chronic poverty, and thereby, to enhance efforts to respond more effectively to it. The argument in this paper proceeds as follows. In recognizing that poverty is...
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Indian Special Economic Zones: The Difficulties of Repeating China’s Triumph
Astarita, Claudia - eSocialSciences - 2013
New Delhi launched its SEZ revolution in April 2000 to secure the country a two digit growth rate, copying from China … between China and India SEZ strategies. It starts reviewing the historical conditions that pushed China and subsequently India …-working-papers&id=358:indian-special-economic-zones-the-difficulties-of-repeating-china-s-triumph&Itemid=493&lang=en]. …
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The Salween River Basin: Dam Cascades Threaten Biological and Cultural Diversity
eSocialSciences; International Rivers Network IRN - 2012
central to the lives of many indigenous communities living along its banks. However, large dam cascades in China and Burma are …
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