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Worker safety in the ship-breaking industries : an issues paper
Andersen, Aage Bjørn - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2001
Examines procedures and practices adopted during the decommissioning, demolition and disposal of obsolete ships, focusing on occupational safety and health issues and environmental aspects. Reviews existing legal and regulatory tools, assesses previous work undertaken by concerned agencies and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010966385
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Modernizing Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures to Facilitate Trade in Agricultural and Food Products: Report on the Development of an SPS Plan for the CAREC Countries
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013
This project study was initiated by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) as part of the Central Asia Regional Economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884935
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Irrigation and income-poverty alleviation: a comparative analysis of irrigation systems in developing Asia
Hussain, Intizar; Wijerathna, Deeptha - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010907378
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Cyberwarfare: Logged and Loaded, but Wither Asia?
Noor, Elina - eSocialSciences - 2013
Cyber operations could have as devastating an impact on populations as conventional military weapons. With militaries already in the process of developing cyberwarfare as a means of battle, there is an urgent need for policymakers to understand this new realm and develop norms and rules to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945506
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ROLE OF PAKISTANI WOMEN IN SME COMPARE WITH DEVELOPED COUNTRIES. A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
SHAIKH, F.M.SHAIKH - In: JOURNAL STUDIA UNIVERSITATIS BABES-BOLYAI NEGOTIA (2007)
South Asia and specially in Pakistan where women is not free to develop their own business but only few visible cases has … Pakistan who’s involve in small and medium enterprises business in Pakistan. The result findings of the research is that Women … business opportunities in Pakistan. It was revealed that differences exist when comparing men and women entrepreneurs as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010925423
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From substitution to complementarity: some econometric evidence on the evolving NGO-State relationship in Pakistan
Campos, Nauro F; Khan, Feisal U; Tessendorf, Jennifer E - In: Journal of Developing Areas 37 (2004) 2, pp. 49-72
case of Pakistan is used to motivate three sets of research questions: (a) Is there credible evidence of government policy … failure in Pakistan? (b) If so, have any NGOs emerged in response to this, to act as either complements to or substitutes for … upon the experience of the Aga Khan Rural Support Program in northern Pakistan, the paper uses both qualitative and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213173
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Gender Statistics in the Southern Caucasus and Central and West Asia: A Situational Analysis Promoting Gender-Inclusive Growth in Central and West Asian Developing Member Countries
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2012
, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan), and West Asia (Afghanistan, Pakistan). It recommends ways to bridge the gaps in gender data collection … statistical systems in the Southern Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia), Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276465
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A Cointegration Approach to Estimate Private Investment Demand Function of Pakistan
Ali, Sharafat - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
concludes positive impact of GDP growth rate, foreign direct investment, and exchange rate on private investment in Pakistan …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259941
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Pakistan, politics and political business cycles
Batool, Irem; Sieg, Gernot - Department Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Technische … - 2009
This paper studies whether in Pakistan the dynamic behavior of unemployment, inflation, budget deficit and real GDP …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009369483
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Drying Up: What to do about droughts in the People's Republic of China
Zhang, ADB; Zhang, Qingfeng - Asian Development Bank - 2012
Climate change is one of a few major factors that ensure the country will continue to struggle to supply its cities and industries and fields with enough water, particularly in the North, as well as face more frequent and longer droughts. The country has shown a stunningly agile disaster...
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