... achieving maternal and child health
Millenium Development Goals (MDGs 4 and 5) in South- East Asia
1
The South- EastAsia (SEA) Region accounts for more than 174 000 maternal and 1.3 million
neonatal ... the South- EastAsia Region.
Background
one
High-Level consultation to accelerate progress towards achieving maternal and child health
Millenium Development Goals (MDGs 4 and 5) in South- East Asia
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4.5 ... health
Millenium Development Goals (MDGs 4 and 5) in South- East Asia
3
The general objective was to facilitate Member countries of the South- EastAsia (SEA) Region
in accelerating progress towards...
... with weak plant vigour in forest clearing
Opium Poppy Cultivation in SouthEastAsia 2007
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Opium abuse
In SouthEast Asia, opium addiction is mainly found in places where opium poppy is cultivated. ... Poppy Cultivation in SouthEastAsia 2007
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2 COPING WITH CHANGE IN THE WA REGION:
A CASE STUDY FROM MYANMAR
Opium poppy cultivation has decreased dramatically in SouthEastAsia over the last ... Townships. UNODC Wa project, Myanmar 2007.
Opium Poppy Cultivation in SouthEastAsia 2007
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Map 2: Opium poppy eradication in SouthEastAsia (hectares), 2004 - 2007
Laos Opium Survey 2007
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Figure...
... in the older population has occurred gradually.
However in developing countries, in East Asia, South- EastAsia and Latin America, the
demographic change in the ageing population is occurring ... 1000 population among the elderly in
Thailand by age groups and sex
HEALTH OF THE ELDERLY IN SOUTH- EAST ASIA
A research protocol on frail elderly, with pathological, psychological and social components,
was ... Nepal
Activity of male elderly persons at the Home for the Aged, Kathmandu
HEALTH OF THE ELDERLY IN SOUTH- EAST ASIA
With regard to the severity of disability, the data on severity of disability categorized...
... the
creation of Asian bond markets.
What are the Asian bonds?
Asian bonds share three common factors;
Asian issuers, Asian investors and Asian
currencies. Asian bonds are issued by
Asian entities ... the
Institutional Foundation for Regional BondMarket in East Asia
Ito, Takatoshi, “The ABC of ABC bonds”
Park, Yung-Chul and Daekeun Park, “Creating Regional Bond Markets in East Asia:
Rationale and Strategy”
Rhee, ... products and to enhance market
efficiency, regional bond markets cannot
be a success. Regional bond markets
cannot be a replacement for domestic
financial reform.
Regional bond markets should be
developed...
... countries in East and Southeast
Asia (Japan, ailand, Singapore, China, South Korea, Hong Kong, Macao, etc.),
always visiting people in our field at universities. Frequent visits to Asia increased ... concerns
Note: Each of the book’s four sections discusses an East Asian country and is
divided into seven chapters.
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1.5 Common ... underlying facts in EastAsia exists. If we knew, we
might ask different research questions. ese days, there is quite some talk about
developing a theory of PA for EastAsia that is somewhat...
... corporate bond markets.
The secondary markets for local currency corporate bonds in Asia have
also lagged behind their government bond counterparts. While in the last few
years government bond markets ... and in some cases swap markets have
become reasonably liquid, corporate bond markets remain relatively illiquid in
Asia. The turnover ratios in most Asian corporate bond markets are typically ... government bond market.
3
Because corporate
bond issues are by definition more heterogeneous than those of government
bonds and issue sizes smaller, such a threshold for corporate bond markets...
... the capital market:
48 South Asian Bond Markets
Table 2.11 Regulators of the Capital Market and Market Participants,
Bangladesh
Regulator
Government debt securities market
Primary market Ministry ... well
before a government bondmarket with both an efficient primary market and a
liquid secondary market can be fully developed. In a deregulated market econ-
50 South Asian Bond Markets
• Registering, ... Working Paper WP/03/45, Interna-
tional Monetary Fund, Washington, DC.
24 South Asian Bond Markets
South Asian
Bond Markets
securities. But the industry, aided by tax benefits, is beginning to...
... ASEAN maintained market share for textiles and apparel in the quota-
constrained US market, albeit at the expense of falling unit prices. However the South
East Asian countries lost market share ... India, and other South and Southeast Asian economies is also expected to drop,
as these countries’ garment industries contract in the face of competition with China in
third markets.
China ... WTO accession on China and the rest of East Asia.
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Based on comments by Lu Ding during Trade and Poverty Workshop, Institute of Southeast Asian
Studies, September 20-21, 2002....