Developing Asia is the driver of today's emissions intensive global economy. As the principle source of future … mitigation and green growth in Asia's major emerging economies.[ADBI Working Paper Series No. 369]. URL …:[http://www.adbi.org/files/2012.07.10.wp369.climate.change.mitigation.green.growth.asia.pdf]. …

This paper compares the latest estimates of poverty (1999–2000) made by the Planning Commission with earlier … (2003) in this regard. The paper traces the comparable poverty estimates for the 1980s and 1990s in their levels and change … and uses the extent of poverty reduction implicit in these estimates to assess the magnitude of poverty reduction in the …

-makers on the issue of relations with Asia. The second part of this paper looks at what might be done to improve the Asian side … presented as a credible set of Asian values. Most importantly, these values must come from within Asia, rather than being an … attempt to show how Asia is different from the West. Second, armed with greater consensus, Asia must be willing to get …

poverty alleviation in Laos and neighbouring countries in the Mekong Region. URL: [http://polisproject.org/PDFs/Baird%202009 …

Pre-harvest lean seasons are widespread in the agrarian areas of Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Every year, these … seasonal famines force millions of people to succumb to poverty and hunger. An incentive of $8.50 is assigned to households in …

Out-of-pocket (OOP) payments are the principal means of financing health care throughout much of Asia. The paper … comparing poverty headcounts and gaps before and after OOP health payments. Presented here is the first cross …-country comparisons of the impoverishing effect of OOP payments measured against the international poverty standards of $1 and $2 per …

use, pollution prevention, and land use in Asia and the associated emissions of greenhouse gases—the principal global … warming pollutants—as well as their linkage with poverty. [ADBI Working Paper 227] …

analyze the effects of a higher minimum wage in terms of poverty rather than in terms of unemployment. Second, we extend the … perspective from unemployment to poverty leads to a considerable enrichment of the theory of the minimum wage. … equilibrium wage will cause unemployment. This paper makes two contributions to the basic theory of the minimum wage. First, we …