... indicatorsI. Asian Development Bank. The views expressed in this book do not necessarily reflect the views and policies ofthe Asian Development Bank (ADB) or its Board of Governors or the governments they ... and Governance. Each theme is further divided into subtopics. The tables contain indicators related to a subtopic. The MDGs and themes in Parts II and III start with a brief analysis of key ... (million)Non-AsiaAsiaNote: Extrapolation and interpolation were used to estimate urbanization level and corresponding starting years for Latin America andthe Caribbean and Northern America.Sources:...
... allowed the processfor the acceptance ofthe second part ofthe 1999 amendments to theAsiaandPacific Plant ProtectionAgreement to proceed. The amendment is about the deletion of Article IV and ... 1ARTICLE IV OFTHE APPPCFunctions ofthe Commission1. The function ofthe Commission shall include:a. the determination of procedures and arrangements necessary for the implementation ofthe Agreement and ... the introduction and spread of pests;c. the promotion of appropriate measures to prevent the introduction and spread of pests ofplants and plant products, and to control pests, including the use of integrated...
... across Asia, Table 5). 10 Peru. From here, they were introduced to the North-western Pacific coast ofthe Americas in the USA and Hawaii, and to the Eastern Atlantic coast from Carolina and ... by, amongst others, FAO, the OIE, NACA, ASEAN, SEAFDEC and the GAA have clearly defined most ofthe issues involved. With the availability of SPF and SPF/SPR stocks of P. vannamei and P. stylirostris ... 2 The designation and presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part ofthe Food and Agriculture Organization ofthe United...
... challenge. Enhancing Elderly Care Services in AsiaandthePacific Outcome Document of the Regional Forum on Elderly Care Services in Asiaandthe Pacific 21-22 January 2011, Nanjing, China ... ensuring quality health and long-term care services for older persons in Asiaandthe Pacific. I. Key gaps and challenges The Forum identified the following gaps and challenges facing ... designing and implementing policies and programmes towards the full realization ofthe rights of older persons. Allocate adequate budgetary resources for the implementation of policies and...
... improves the screening of fund-seekers andthe monitoring ofthe recipients of funds, which improves the allocation of resources. Secondly, in the presence of information and transactions costs, the ... contribute to the attainment of one objective at the cost of another. Both financial development and its inclusivity are essential for achievement ofthe MDGs in Asia and the Pacific. Box 9. The Post ... and under 5 mortality rate in AsiaandthePacific …………………………………………… 15 Figure 15: The relationship between inclusive financial development andthe HIV prevalence rate in AsiaandthePacific …………………………………………...
... responsible for the focus on the health of children under five years of age, and he was the leader in the definition ofthe health status and determinants indicators that framed the literature ... sanitation, and air pollution) 3. “Overview of Urbanization in Asiaandthe Near East”: trends and projections of urban growth and population density in three cities and assessment of urban poverty and ... health and a description of key characteristics ofthe health and family situations of small children living in slums in the ANE region 6. “Players and Programs”: overview ofthe key bi- and...
... ESTABLISHMENT. The Secretary shall estab-10lish within the Office ofthe Administrator ofthe Health 11Resources and Services Administration, an office to be 12known as the Office of Women’s Health. The ... COMPOSITION. The Coordinating Com-12mittee shall be composed ofthe official designated 13under subsection (a) andthe directors ofthe centers 14 and offices ofthe Agency. 15‘‘(3) CHAIRPERSON. The ... COMPOSITION. The Coordinating Com-17mittee shall be composed ofthe directors ofthe cen-18ters ofthe Administration. 19‘‘(3) CHAIRPERSON. The Director ofthe Of- 20fice shall serve as the Chairperson...
... SRHR in the Pacific? As a Pacific nation, New Zealand’s close geographic proximity and strong economic and cultural ties with other Pacific countries further underscores the importance of supporting ... One ofthe stated health priorities of the New Zealand Aid Programme is sexual and reproductive health. Further, due to the financial crisis, a range of international donors active in the Pacific ... Population and Development (ICPD). The aim of this Open Hearing is to better understand adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights and related issues in Pacific Island Countries and Territories...
... orthodoxy. Therefore, it also seems likely that the recent financial and economic crisis the Great Panic and Recession of 2008 and 2009—will both rearrange the economic landscape and affect the focus of ... within the model change after the introduction ofthe liquidity facilities. The hypothesis of constant parameters is overwhelmingly rejected, suggesting that the behavior of this factor, and thus of ... expectations ofthe macro variables; that is, possiblechanges in risk premiums are often ignored, andthe expectations hypothesis ofthe termstructure is employed. Of course, differences between the...
... confronta-tion between the Soviet Union andthe United States was the centralreality in world politics. With the end ofthe Cold War andthe disso-lution ofthe Soviet Union, the world continues ... interpretation of both the crude Chinese nuclear threatsover the Taiwan crisis and Chinese views ofthe U.S. bombing of the Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia. If the strategic views of China and the United ... result of agreementswith the United States and unilateral actions in the aftermath of the Cold War, and partly because ofthe state ofthe Russian economy.Even if Russia had not ratified the Strategic...
... 145EU ENLARGEMENT AND THE CONSTITUTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEIn the wake ofthe EU’s greatest enlargement, this book explores the adaptation ofthe constitutions of Central and Eastern Europe ... GeneralRapporteur ofthe Asser Institute andthe Netherlands Foreign MinistryMATRA multicountry project The Impact of Accession on the NationalLegal OrdersofCandidate Countries’.CONTENTSList of tables ... 8overview ofthe accession processinvolved theadaptation of nationalconstitutions and theholding of acces-sion referendums, which will be the key topic of this book.As already mentioned, the process...
... in the form of a labeled tree, andthe relation between a string of terms and a structural representation is defined as a mapping between elements ofthe set of substrings of the string and ... is the design ofthe multilevel structures, while the grammar formalism is the tool (notation) for expressing these multilevel structures, their related sentences, andthe nature ofthe correspon- ... ABSTRACT The paper introduces a grammar formalism for defining the set of sentences in a language, a set of labeled trees (not the derivation trees ofthe grammar) for the representation of the...
... influence of Foucault (1973) whose historical work on the birth ofthe clinic demonstrated the intimate connections between the FrenchRevolution, the growth of anatomy andthe transformation ofthe ... that the growth of CAM representsa major transformation ofthe relationship between doctors and their patients, and between doctors andthe larger scientific community. The consolidation of professional ... health sociology and is the author of Medical Power and Social Knowledge andThe Body and Society. He is also, with Mike Featherstone, the foundingeditor ofthe journal Body and Society. He...
... school in the categories of actio and passio; andthe relation of such of them as are active, to their objects, andof such of them as are passive, to their causes, Chapter X. OfThe Inverse ... it is situated at the mouth ofthe Dart. But it is no part ofthe signification ofthe word John, that the father ofthe person so called bore the same name; nor even ofthe word Dartmouth, ... the same way, or nearly the same way, in which they would have worked if they had been in possession of principles. But the bulk of mankind require either to understand the theory of what they...
... self-regulation and other symbols of professionalism. THE ACCOUNTANCY PROFESSION IN THE UK : FORMATION, COMPETITION AND COLONIZATION The development ofthe accountancy profession in the UK8 ... to the size and comparative strength ofthe accountancy profession. In addition to arguments rehearsed within the sociology ofthe professions - such as the growth of corporate capitalism, the ... directors and chief executives- are themselves members ofthe same profession, and often the same association, as their major providers, such as their auditors. Moreover, whilst the movement of accountants...