... indicators
I. 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-AsiaAsia
Note: Extrapolation and interpolation were used to estimate urbanization level and corresponding starting years for Latin America andthe Caribbean and Northern America.
Sources:...
... allowed the process
for the acceptance ofthe second part ofthe 1999 amendments to theAsiaandPacific Plant Protection
Agreement to proceed. The amendment is about the deletion of Article IV and ... 1
ARTICLE IV OFTHE APPPC
Functions ofthe Commission
1. 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).
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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...
... E
STABLISHMENT
. The Secretary shall estab-10
lish within the Office ofthe Administrator ofthe Health 11
Resources and Services Administration, an office to be 12
known as the Office of Women’s Health. The ... C
OMPOSITION
. The Coordinating Com-12
mittee shall be composed ofthe official designated 13
under subsection (a) andthe directors ofthe centers 14
and offices ofthe Agency. 15
‘‘(3) C
HAIRPERSON
. The ... C
OMPOSITION
. The Coordinating Com-17
mittee shall be composed ofthe directors ofthe cen-18
ters ofthe Administration. 19
‘‘(3) C
HAIRPERSON
. The Director ofthe Of- 20
fice 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, possible
changes in risk premiums are often ignored, andthe expectations hypothesis ofthe term
structure is employed.
Of course, differences between the...
... confronta-
tion between the Soviet Union andthe United States was the central
reality 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 threats
over 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 agreements
with 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...
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EU ENLARGEMENT AND THE
CONSTITUTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
EASTERN EUROPE
In the wake ofthe EU’s greatest enlargement, this book explores the
adaptation ofthe constitutions of Central and Eastern Europe ... General
Rapporteur ofthe Asser Institute andthe Netherlands Foreign Ministry
MATRA multicountry project The Impact of Accession on the National
Legal OrdersofCandidate Countries’.
CONTENTS
List of tables ... 8overview ofthe accession process
involved 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 French
Revolution, the growth of anatomy andthe transformation ofthe ... that the growth of CAM represents
a 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
M
edical Power and Socia
l
K
nowledge andThe Body and Society. He is also, with Mike Featherstone, the founding
editor 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 UK
8
... 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...