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Linkages between regional trade agreements and international production networks: Evidence from five case studies in Asia

Pasha, Mochamad - In: Fighting Irrelevance: The Role of Regional Trade …

different sectors. The case studies focus on sectors in which IPNs are prevalent in the selected countries. The studies on China …, India and Indonesia focus on the automotive industry. The study on Thailand covers the hard-disk drive industry while the … Bangladesh study concentrates on the textile and clothing sector. This chapter begins with a brief description of the …

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Perspectives of Natural Disasters in East and South Asia, and the Pacific Island States: Socio-economic Correlates and Needs Assessment

Haque, C. - In: Natural Hazards 29 (2003) 3, pp. 465-483

The regions of East and South Asia, and the Pacific Islands are among the most-hazardprone areas in the world. Because of this, during the last century, most of the humancasualties of `natural-triggered' disasters have taken place in this region. This circumstance therefore has become a major...

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Worker Remittances: The Human Face of Globalization

Orozco, Manuel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010

This report is a comparative study of worldwide transfer costs to nine countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and specifically at costs for immigrants to send money from major sending countries including from the United States. It also compares these international trends with costs and trends of...

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Agricultural research, livelihoods, and poverty: Studies of economic and social impacts in six countries

Adato, Michelle (contributor); … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Those who study global poverty and ways to reduce it face a perennial set of questions: Do advances in knowledge, research, and technology make a real difference in the lives of poor people? What effect does research have on the poor? Who benefits? The contributors to Agricultural Research,...

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The quiet revolution in staple food value chains: Enter the dragon, the elephant, and the tiger

Reardon, Thomas (contributor); Chen, Kevin Z. (contributor); … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Feeding nine billion people by 2050 is a top priority on the global agenda for sustainable and inclusive development. This task is especially formidable in Asia, where more than two-thirds of the worldâ€™s poor and malnourished people live. Food prices in Asia are projected to remain high...

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Trade Facilitation in Asia and the Pacific: An Analysis of Import and Export Processes, Studies in Trade and Investment 71

ESCAP, United Nations - Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific …

This book is a synthesis of the results and implications from a series of product-specific import and export process analyses conducted in selected Asian countries. It provides a unique set of micro-level information on the nature, as well as the time and cost, of trade procedures involved in...

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AN ORGANIZATIONAL CONCEPT OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT - HOW HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SCHOLARS VIEW HRD

Khan, Dr. Muhammad Tariq; Khan, Dr. Naseer Ahmed; … - In: Far East Journal of Psychology and Business 8 No 3 Paper 5 September (2012) 5, pp. 50-60

HRD is an important topic of present time. It is considered by management professionals, as sub discipline of HRM, but many researchers have, broadened the scope and integrated the concept of HRD by looking it from socioeconomic angle and giving it other dimension such as physical, intellectual,...

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PAKISTAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY AND THE NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES (A GLOBALIZATION EFFECT)

Tahir, Muhammad; Mughal, Dr Khalid - In: Far East Journal of Psychology and Business 8 No 2 Paper 5 August (2012) 5, pp. 66-70

This research paper is a comparison between Pakistan Textile Industry and its neighboring countries in the very sector. This justifies Pakistans current place with her neighbors in Textile Industry particularly after lifting of trade restrictions from WTO and MFA. This study will help in...

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Worker Remittances: The Human Face of Globalization

Orozco, Manuel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010

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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...

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