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Turkish groceries and fast food restaurants, Chinese barbecues, Pakistani kiosks, Iranian pizzerias and carpet stores, Arabic kebab houses, erotic artists from Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia, exchange agencies across Denmark and many other EU countries, a growing number of wholesale...
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, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. The daily data span from 1995 to 2004. It finds strong regional foreign exchange dependency …
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The 18 papers contained in this volume represent a substantive contribution to the literature on the topic of gender and fisheries. Drawing on work undertaken around the globe, the results described here confirm and extend earlier work and show that contributions to the fisheries sector among...
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This research is aimed at investigating the consumer’s preference for food produced in Taiwan and the economic benefits … premium functions. The estimated premiums are 67.5%, 84.7% and 99% for Taiwan products over their alternatives of China olives …, China oolong tea, and Vietnam oolong tea, respectively. The study concludes that enacting and rigorously enforcing a COOL …
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regression results show that tasting raised bids for Taiwan and China teas, but lowered bids for Vietnam tea. The econometric …This study attempts to evaluate the economic benefits of the country of origin labeling (COOL) in Taiwan. A Vickrey … second-price sealed-bid auction was conducted to estimate the consumer’s willingness to pay for Taiwan products vs. those …
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. Recent years, Vietnam has sent about 80,000 workers abroad per year. Vietnam has become a major source country of unskilled … and Japanese policies for receiving foreign workers applied to and implemented in Vietnam, as well as the impact of …
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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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Based on surveys of 300 micro and small-scale enterprises (MSEs) and 20 business development service (BDS) providers in Thailand and Viet Nam. Examines the types of services provided and identifies different methods of service provision: purchased services, services provided on a commission...
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Using data from a selection of ten countries in Asia and Africa, estimates the macro-economic costs of excluding people with disabilities from the world of work.
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