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Perceptions of climate change risks and resilient island planning in the Maldives

Sovacool, Benjamin - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 17 (2012) 7, pp. 731-752

This article explores the drivers, benefits, and challenges facing climate change adaptation in the Maldives. It … specifically investigates the “Integrating Climate Change Risks into Resilient Island Planning in the Maldives” Program, or ICCR, a … Maldivian Government. The article asks: what is the perception of coastal adaptation in the Maldives, and what are the potential …

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Validating a Tsunami Vulnerability Assessment Model (the PTVA Model) Using Field Data from the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami

Dominey-Howes, Dale; Papathoma, Maria - In: Natural Hazards 40 (2007) 1, pp. 113-136

all models, requires validation. We use the results from post-tsunami surveys in the Maldives following the December 26 …

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How to analyze fish community responses to coral mining

Dawson-Shepherd, A.C.; Brown, B.E.; Warwick, R.M.; … - In: Naga 17 (1994) 1, pp. 4-6

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Development of Capital Markets in Member Countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013

The globalisation of capital markets has encouraged moves toward regional harmonization and integration. This report examines and compares the level of development of capital markets in the South Asian region, assesses the prospects for greater harmonization and integration, and proposes a set...

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Maldives: Judiciary Under the President Thumb

ACHR, Asian Centre for Human Rights - eSocialSciences - 2008

In March 2006,President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom announced the "Roadmap for the Reform Agenda". The reform measures undertaken by the government have been half-harted. Instances of arbitrary arrests, detention, tourture, denial of access to lawyers have continuesd uabated.

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Economics of Tobacco Control - The Maldives

Afaaland, Ahmed; Shareef, I. Riaz - Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, UC … - 2003

This paper summarized briefly the general economic situation in the Maldives and describes its health care system …

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Higher Tobacco Prices and Taxes in South East Asia: An Effective Tool to Reduce Tobacco Use, Save Lives and Generate Revenue

Guindon, G. Emmanuel; Perucic, Anne-Marie; Boisclair, David - Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, UC … - 2004

This report summarises the health consequences and costs associated with tobacco use. It review price trends in government tobacco tax revenues and how tobacco products are currently taxed in these countries. The third section examines the demand for tobacco products in south-east Asian...

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Government spending and economic growth in SAARC: evidence from panel cointegration

Pradhan, Rudra P. - In: International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging … 4 (2011) 1, pp. 78-94

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, for the period 1970-2007. Using panel cointegration and panel …

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Sustainable Development in Small Island Developing States

Ghina, Fathimath - In: Environment, Development and Sustainability 5 (2003) 1, pp. 139-165

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The expenditure-GDP nexus: evidence from a panel of SAARC 7-countries

Pradhan, Rudra P.; Bagchi, Tapan P. - In: International Journal of Public Policy 8 (2012) 4/5/6, pp. 295-307

, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka for the period between 1960 and 2010. Using cointegration and Granger … Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal and Pakistan there is unidirectional causality from exports to economic growth. The unidirectional … causality from government expenditure to economic growth is found in Bangladesh and Maldives, whereas the reverse causality is …

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