... synchronization in the region. We examine the following twelve countries in the AsiaPacific region: five Asian crisis countries (Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand), China, Singapore, ... underlying shocks in the economy, etc.6 Using the data of twelve AsiaPacific countries, we find the following stylized facts of business cycles. First, business cycles in the five Asian ... Regarding financial activity, a substantial amount of the international capital (in the forms of foreign direct investment, equity and bond financing and syndicated loans) financing China’s...
... FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC IN THE ASIA- PACIFIC REGION 2008PROSPECTSDEVELOPMENTSKEY ECONOMICAND4China seeks growth with sustainabilityChina continues to be beset by its inability to rein in ... demand has failed to take upthe slack amid continuing political uncertainty. Floods in South Asia devastate livesThe devastating floodsin South Asiain 2007 have killed more than 4,000people and ... steady. In contrast, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand have been easing rates.Rising food prices have put upward pressure on inflation in developing coun-tries in the region, and internationally....
... schools. e intervention also helped in improving condence. After participating in the initiative, students reported feeling more condent in protesting and registering complaints against unwanted ... are being utilised in the region include integrating GBV into primary health care, reproductive health care, or family planning services. ere are also NGO-led models, as in Papua New Guinea ... farhanah.farhanah@gmail.comas keypoints to cutting the cycle of violence and achieving SRHR. ey have to be meaningfully involved in policy making, programme planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluating at all...
... operation. For example, fingerlings in the barramundi farm operating in the Hinchinbrookchannel, Queensland, are produced from brood-stockoriginally sourced from this region. In view of theseconditions, ... Aceh province, Indonesia, showing its districts, including the study sitelocated in Sampoinet subdistrict (grey area) of Aceh Jaya, and distribution ofdominant nearshore benthic cover in surveyed ... Seed Lobsters are distributed mainly in the Central Seafrom Quang Binh province to Binh Thuan province(see Figure 1). Among nine identified species in the region, three have rapid growth,...
... insurance it is believed to be a promising mechanism for problem solving in increasing institutional capacities infloods risk reduction in Asia. 3.3. Domestic institutional frameworks for flood ... practices during recent floodsin four countries: the Red River flood in Vietnam, the Lena River floodsin Russia, the Fukuoka floodsin Japan, and floods at the Chao Phraya River in Thailand. ... economic and political reforms. Financing. Problems in financing are often indicated as one of the most important factors defining failures in performance of institutions; while on the contrary...
... following pages present the summary Doing Business indicators for the East Asia and Pacific Region. Further information is available in the full report Doing Business in 2006: Creating Jobs, ... the Doing Business in 2006 Report, please visit http://www.doingbusiness.org and click on “Now Available: Doing Business in 2006”. East Asia and Pacific Region Hiring and Firing Workers: ... reforming in the region? East Asia and PacificRegion —Compared to Global Best / Selected Other Countries Number of reforms that improve a set of Doing BusinessIndicators Source: Doing...
... quarantine installation in a non-SALB endemic countryoutside Asia- Pacific region ❍ All packaging material, including the containers, from origin country has to be replaced witha new one in the intermediate ... measures in the Asia- Pacificregion and safeguard against the incursion of South American leaf blight of rubber into countries in the region. It is a compilation of four separate documents intended ... for plant quarantine officials in rubber growing countries in the region. It is one of the many measures that the Asia and Pacific Plant Protection Commission (APPPC)is putting in place to prevent...
... outcomes”http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/index_dynamic/containerNameToReplace=MiddleMiddle/focusModuleID=130/focusContentID=16499/tableName=mediaRelease/overideSkinName=newsArticle-full.tpl “India, China hold key to world meeting millenium development goals: UNICEF”http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/lifestyle/india-china-hold-key-to-world-meeting-millenium-development-goals-unicef_10080148.html ... children suffering existing malnutrition or wasting are extremely vulnerable to diseases like cholera, gastric infections and malaria.26Alexandrina is a trained midwife who qualied in Indonesia ... for anyone with an interest in maternal and child health, but in particular for people who can play a role in strengthening it. As well as a resource for collating and comparing statistics, it...
... issues in intellectual property rights protection in the Internet? 18Are there international initiatives to protect intellectual property in the Internet? What Internet-specific treaties are in ... delivery,targeting, and measuring advertising over networks.” In November 1999,DoubleClick filed a suit against L90 Inc. in the Eastern District of Virginia for itsmethod of delivering advertising on ... e-mail sender’s identity and tricking the target recipientinto believing that the e-mail originated from the supposed mail sender.5. Linking/Framing involves displaying one’s site content on another’s...
... facilities remains a challenge. Enhancing Elderly Care Services inAsia and the Pacific Outcome Document of the Regional Forum on Elderly Care Services inAsia and the Pacific 21-22 ... older women in all settings - at home, in community and in institutions. Governments should address religious and cultural norms in consultation with their faith communities, taking into account ... stakeholders on ageing, including Government focal points, NGOs, academia and international organizations, with the aim of supporting the implementation and monitoring of the Madrid International...
... 13 TowardsinclusivefinancialdevelopmentforachievingtheMDGs inAsia andthe Pacific 5.8 Financial innovation The growing use of branchless banking – via the use of the internet and ... Development Indicators. 9TowardsinclusivefinancialdevelopmentforachievingtheMDGs inAsia andthe Pacific 1. INTRODUCTION Financial development, broadly defined to include ... decisions, and increasing investment in family welfare. 20TowardsinclusivefinancialdevelopmentforachievingtheMDGs inAsia andthe Pacific 3.2 Inclusive financial development: How...
... develop an industry to date has been Brunei. Beginning in 1996, P. vannamei was introduced into Asia on a commercial scale. This started in Mainland China and Taiwan Province of China and subsequently ... first trials, only Mainland China maintained production and started an industry. In 1988, a batch of P. vannamei PL were introduced into Mainland China from the Marine Science Institute of Texas ... experimentally introduced to many Asian countries (including Brunei, Taiwan Province of China, Myanmar, Indonesia and Singapore) from secure breeding facilities in Mexico and the USA. These introductions...
... slowdown in China and especially in India, reflecting deliberate efforts to engineer a soft landing in the former and weakening investor sentiment adding to supply constraints in the latter. In ... particularly the maintaining and furthering of strong regional trade integration. 0.00.20.40.60.81.0IndonesiaIndiaMalaysiaSingaporeVietnamAustraliaChinaPhilippinesThailandKoreaJapanSource: ... Emerging Asia includes East Asia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Asia and Pacific Department REO Update, October 2012 5 warranted where inflation...