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From Economic Meltdown to Social Crunch â€“ Impact of the Global Economic Recession on Social Capital Building in Developing Countries and What We still Don't Know!

Wong, Sam - eSocialSciences - 2011

This paper draws on the experiences of the Far East Economic Crisis in 1998 and argues that: (1) the poor depended heavily on bonding social capital during the Crisis, but the crunch-point beyond which they felt no longer able to rely on this is less certain; (2) bridging social capital could...

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Drug Regulation and Incentives for Innovation: The Case of ASEAN

Ratanawijitrasin, Sauwakon - eSocialSciences - 2009

The focus of this paper is to examine the ways in which regulatory framework affect the pharmaeutical innovations in developing countries using member countries of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) as case study. The paper employs a wide angle view of drug regulation in the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008518830

Contract Farming in Thailand: A View from the Farm

Delforge, Isabelle - eSocialSciences - 2009

The study presents an initial assessment of the situation and to raise the main issues in terms of farmersâ€™ and workersâ€™ rights. It is part of a long term process involving farmer movements, trade unions, NGOs and international organisations aimed at developing strategies by which...

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The Don Sahong Dam: Potential Impacts on Regional Fish Migrations, Livelihoods and Human Health

Bird, Ian - eSocialSciences - 2011

This paper focuses on the Don Sahong Dam (DSDâ€™s) potential impacts on fish and fisheries, and particularly the projectâ€™s regional implications in relation to fisheries, including its possible impacts on food security, nutrition and poverty alleviation in Laos and neighbouring...

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Sustaining Progress on Population and Development in Asia and the Pacific: 20 years after ICPD

Economic, United Nations; Commission, Social - eSocialSciences - 2014

The publication Sustaining Progress on Population and Development in Asia and the Pacific: 20 years after ICPD contains … an analysis of the ICPD beyond 2014 Global Survey in Asia and the Pacific and the results of additional research on the …

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Restoring the Asian Silk Route: Toward an Integrated Asia

Bhattacharyay, Biswa N; De, Prabir - eSocialSciences - 2009

Lack of full regional connectivity is one of the major constraints hindering regional growth and integration in Asia …, as well as with the rest of the world. One of the conclusions of this paper is that Asia must strengthen its physical … and transport integration issues among the countries in Asia as well as challenges that need to be addressed in order to …

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Track Record of Financial Institutions in Assisting the Poor in Asia

Meyer, Richard L - eSocialSciences - 2009

A variety of institutional forms of microfinance are being introduced in Asia including by the ADB-and financial …

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Not Just Mad Englishmen and a Dog: The Colonial Tuning of 'Music on Record', 1900-1908

Parthasarathi, Vibodh - eSocialSciences - 2010

The paper excavates how the advent of commercial audiography, through 'Recording Expeditions' between 1902 and 1907, shaped configurations of the nascent business in, and culture around, 'music on record'. It will weigh the evolving nature of colonial imprints on these configurations by...

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Reducing Currency and Maturity Mismatch

Tan, Khee-Giap; Karigane, T; Yoshitomi, M - eSocialSciences - 2008

The main objectives of this report are to identify and propose policies, factors and conditions that could mitigate or avoid double mismatches. policies here means any course of action pursued and adopted by the governing authorities as advantageous or expedient, that directly or indirectly...

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