"The clothing industry provides employment for 60 million workers worldwide. More than a quarter of these workers are employed in the Asia-Pacific region, where the industry is based on subcontracted production on behalf of international buyers. Rapid movements of manufacturing activity from...

Capacity building in the asia pacific : an introduction / Maria Fay Rola-Rubzen and John Burgess -- Enhancing women's capacities in agricultural research and development in Asia and Africa / Maria Fay Rola-Rubzen, Thelma R. Paris, Joyce Luis and Farveh Farivar -- Women's work motivation and the...

Introduction / José Briceño Ruiz and Philippe De Lombaerde - The dynamics of institutionalized regionalism in the Pacific Rim : comparisons, connections and interactions / José Briceño Ruiz -- Chile : Asia-oriented globalization versus Latin America-oriented regionalism /Sébastien Dubé --...

"Risk adjustment, risk sharing and premium regulation in health insurance markets: theory and practice" describes the goals, design and evaluation of health plan payment systems. Part I contains 5 chapters discussing the role of health plan payment in regulated health insurance markets, key...