... 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 ECONOMICAND 4China seeks growth with sustainabilityChina continues to be beset by its inability to rein in ... 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. ... decliningconsumption in that country. Economies in the Asia- Pacificregion remain highlyreliant on exports, both directly and indirectly through supplying intermediateinputs for Chinese exports....
... 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...
... NPYfeeding systems are dysfunctional in anorectictumor-bearing rats. NPY injected intrahypo-thalamically stimulated feeding less potently in rats bearing methylcholanthrene-inducedsarcoma than in ... al.Leptin-regulated endocannabinoids are involved in maintaining food intake. Nature2001;410:822-825.125. Tanaka Y, Eda H, Fujimoto K, et al.Anticachectic activity of 5′-deoxy-5-fluorouri-dine in ... signal.76,77Convergent information suggests that CRFmay be involved in triggering changes in gastrointestinal motility observed during stressexposure. CRF may induce delayed gastricemptying and gastric...
... be-tween income inequality and economic growth, apparently resolving this long- Foreword viiinsufficiency of domestic savings, rather than the excess ofinvestment. In hindsight, the investment ... definitions include the following, more or less in order of in- creasing complexity:“[Globalization is] the intensification of worldwide social rela-tions in such a way that local happenings ... growth have, in the aggre-gate, been similar for the rich, poor, and the general population, re-sulting in widened income disparities (hence, increases in such in- equality measures as Gini coefficients...
... 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...
... solely, monitoring and reporting requirements are necessary to be imposed on the industries. In part, the role of local governments might be increased in gathering and arranging data from industries ... concentrating on the wastewater characteristics. Areal classification could be modified into direct and indirect discharge area, without including the drinking water protection area. For indirect ... obtained so far according to the kind of pollutants and industries was investigated. This paper focused on the current state of effluent standards in Korea and the considerations to be used in...
... 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...
... 17What are the key issuesin intellectual property rights protection in the Internet? 18Are there international initiatives to protect intellectual property in the Internet? What Internet-specific ... List linking involves enrolling a target in dozens-sometimes hundreds-of e-maillistings.4. Spoofing is faking the e-mail sender’s identity and tricking the target recipientinto believing that ... 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...
... 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...
... resulting in women owning more assets, having a more active role in family decisions, and increasing investment in family welfare. 20 TowardsinclusivefinancialdevelopmentforachievingtheMDGs inAsia andthe Pacific ... 13 TowardsinclusivefinancialdevelopmentforachievingtheMDGs inAsia andthe Pacific 5.8 Financial innovation The growing use of branchless banking – via the use of the internet and ... Development Indicators. 9 TowardsinclusivefinancialdevelopmentforachievingtheMDGs inAsia andthe Pacific 1. INTRODUCTION Financial development, broadly defined to include...
... preceded by increased abdominal pain, reduction in urine volumes and sometimes, urine leakage from the wound.US is essential in the evaluation of perirenal collections, including urinomes. It ... transplantation in light chain amyloidosis: comingout of the cupboard. Nephrol Dial Transplant 26: 1766-1768, 2011 Current Issues and Future Direction in Kidney Transplantation20 5.1.3. Calcineurin Inhibitors ... diagnosed. MRfindings are variable and include various degrees of swelling, globular morphology withindistinct margins of the graft, decrease or loss of the CMD are common findings [10, 14,...
... 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...