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Implications of the Growing Role of Services in Asia

Sen, Rahul; Asher, Mukul - eSocialSciences - 2007

investment, which form an essential element of analyzing production fragmentation and economic integration in Asia. Following an …

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Going Places? Visitors, Enthusiasts and the Public History of Transport

Divall, Colin - eSocialSciences - 2007

The ways in which the public learns about the histories of transport and travel are explored. The role of displays put on by museums and by heritage transport attractions - organisations such as steam railways, paddleboat shipping companies, vintage bus and tram operators, and so on, which...

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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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What Is the Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on the Banking System in East Asia?

Pomerleano, Michael - eSocialSciences - 2009

East Asia region in the aftermath of the current global financial crisis. The risks in the banking systems in East Asia are …

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Proportion of Births Attended by a Skilled Health Worker 2008 Updates

eSocialSciences; World Health Organisation WHO - 2008

In our analysis, attempts have been made to quantify the proportion of births attended by health workers other than doctors, nurses and midwives in order to show the proportion of births conducted by such groups of providers. [Factsheet Department of Reproductive Health and Research].

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Girls, Educational Equity and Mother Tongue-based Teaching

Benson, Carol - eSocialSciences - 2007

One of the principal mechanisms through which inequality is reproduced is language, specifically the language used as the medium of instruction. The learnerâ€™s mother tongue holds the key to making schooling more inclusive for all disadvantaged groups, especially for girls and women.

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Indiaâ€™s Pharmaceutical Industry in the WTO Regime: A SWOT Analysis

Lalitha, N. - eSocialSciences - 2006

A SWOT analysis of the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry (IPI) in the WTO regime reveals that the much acclaimed IPIâ€™s expertise in process development skills were made possible by the amendments made to the Indian Patents Act 1970. This strength should be utilized maximum to benefit from...

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Global and Regional Shocks: Challenges to Asian

Shin, Kwanho - eSocialSciences - 2008

faced by the policymakers in Asia are identified. [ADBI WP120] …

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Global Financial Turmoil and Indiaâ€™s Look East Policy

Asher, Mukul - eSocialSciences - 2008

to a more sedate and scaled down financial sector will be traumatic for the world as a whole, as well as for Asia. Since … Asia does not appear to be the epicenter of the current turmoil, its growth is likely to be relatively less seriously … affected. There is however no reason for Asia to feel complacent, as even moderately diminished growth prospects could …

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Non Deliverable Foreign Exchange Forward Market: An Overview

Misra, Sangita; Behera, Harendra - eSocialSciences - 2007

Recognising the growing activity in the non deliverable forward (NDF) market in the recent years, the paper attempts to present a detailed analysis of the NDF market with special focus on Indian rupee. An attempt is made to study the interlinkages among the spot, forward and NDF markets for...

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