... in 155 Countries East AsiaandPacificRegion Regional Profile Benchmarking—Entry Regulation East AsiaandPacificRegion Compared to Global Best / Selected Other Countries Cost to ... World Bank departments. The following pages present the summary Doing Business indicators for the East AsiaandPacific Region. Further information is available in the full report Doing Business ... between the two parties, and ending on delivery of the goods. For importing the goods, the procedures measured range from the vessel’s arrival at the port of entry to the shipment’s delivery at the...
... synchronization in the region. We examine the following twelve countries in theAsiaPacific region: five Asian crisis countries (Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand), China, ... that the effects of CAP shocks on CUR and RGDP are invariant to the ordering between CUR and RGDP. On the other hand, capital flows might affect CUR and RGDP within a quarter, andthe CUR and ... consumption and investment in four different periods - the whole period, the 1980s, andthe 1990s with and without the Asian crisis period. The output volatility is relatively low with a standard...
... developing and developed economies in the ESCAP region, 2006-2007Developing economies of the region East and North-East Asia North and Central Asia South and South-West Asia South-East Asia Developed ... 2006-2007Developing economies of the region East and North-East Asia North and Central Asia South and South-West Asia South-East Asia Developed economies of the region 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 ... far the impact of high oil prices on theregion has been limited for severalreasons that were discussed in the Key Economic Developments and Prospectsin the Asia- PacificRegion 2006. First, the...
... ICPD and MDGs are continued and expanded to place greater emphasis on the elimination of GBV and full acceptance of SRHR;• Regional inter-governmental bodies (SAARC, ASEAN andthe Pacic Islands ... implementation has been slow and uneven. While most of the countries in the region have domestic violence laws, majority of these are blind to the needs and realities of young people, and youth-friendly ... must continue to mobilise women and girls, and help enable them to have condence and ability to be their own agents and make decisions about their sexual and reproductive rights – including...
... pose the greatest danger of disease establishment in the region, other pathways need to beexamined and their potential risks determined. The Plant Protection Agreement for theAsiaandPacificregion ... countriesin the region. It is one of the many measures that theAsiaandPacific Plant Protection Commission (APPPC)is putting in place to prevent SALB disease in the region. The reference ... Agreement and the making of recommendations to the Contracting Governments accordingly;b. the review of the state of plant protection in theregionandthe need for action to prevent the introduction and...
... no knowledge about nutrition. They get through the day on plain tea and roti. And now through the clinic we have made them aware of their conditions and taught them what could be done.” Local ... mobilisers are very involved in the clinic arrangements every month. They visit every house in the area and inform them beforehand of the clinic day. They also come on the day in case language becomes ... because they cannot afford the bus fare to get there.“Anaemic conditions are very common in these young mothers and their babies. Almost all who visit this clinic are estate labourers. They...
... older persons in Asiaandthe Pacific. I. Key gaps and challenges The Forum identified the following gaps and challenges facing elderly care services in Asia andthe Pacific: A. ... 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 ... Services in AsiaandthePacific was convened on 21 and 22 January 2011 in Nanjing, China, to identify good practices, policy gaps and priority areas for action in ensuring quality health and long-term...
... and under 5 mortality rate in AsiaandthePacific …………………………………………… 15 Figure 15: The relationship between inclusive financial development andthe HIV prevalence rate in AsiaandthePacific ………………………………………… ... development and poverty reduction in AsiaandthePacific …………………………………………………. 14 Figure 12: The relationship between inclusive financial development and primary enrolment rate in AsiaandthePacific …………………………………………… ... development and poverty rates in AsiaandthePacific ……………………… 10 Figure 7: The relationship between equity market based measure of financial development and poverty rates in AsiaandthePacific ………………………...
... have remained manageable in the region, but are high and rising for some countries in Central and West Asia. The consumer price indices (CPIs) of economies in the region have increased since ... (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: ... indicatorsI. Asian Development Bank. The views expressed in this book do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) or its Board of Governors or the governments they...
... vannamei1 and P. stylirostris originate on the Western Pacific coast of Latin America from Peru in the south to Mexico in the north. They were introduced from the early 1970s to thePacific Islands, ... breeding and their potential for aquaculture. During the late 1970s and early 1980s they were introduced to Hawaii andthe Eastern Atlantic Coast of the Americas from South Carolina and Texas in the ... across Asia, Table 5). 10 Peru. From here, they were introduced to the North-western Pacific coast of the Americas in the USA and Hawaii, and to the Eastern Atlantic coast from Carolina and...
... as the bridge betweennorthern Australia and PNG. It is widely recognised,however, that the remoteness of theregionand the associated high cost of infrastructure, diesel-generated power and ... size (≥1 kg). Thereare good opportunities to explore other tropicalregions of the world to assess the potential for the aquaculture of other species of spiny lobster basedon the harvest of ... distribution and breeding of P. ornatusPanulirus ornatus is found in coastal environmentsthroughout most of the subtropical and tropicalSouthern and Northern hemispheres of the IndianOcean and western...
... Fisheries - Information centres and regional technology and extension centre Co-operative projects Regional Communication IMP is a Global issueDevelopment of a Regional Risk Management Framework ... FrameworkConclusions, including the results of the November 2001 Workshop Management Framework - Introduced Marine PestsManagement capabilities and approaches APEC andthe MRCWG have a role in ... limited and unbalanced Management Framework - Introduced Marine PestsWorkshop, November 2001 Attended by 15 Economies, plus South Pacific Regional Environment Program and the IMO,...
... taking place in the less developed regions of the world, and particularly in the ANE region. In 1950, Asia was 17% urban. By 2000, this rate had leaped to 37%. Between 1950 and 2000, Asia s urban ... http://www.doh.gov/ph/news/august132001.htm. 37 Cited in Asian Development Bank and Economic Development Institute, 1991, The Urban Poor and Basic Infrastructure Services in Asiaandthe Pacific, A Regional Seminar, p. 718. ... in the ANE region 6. “Players and Programs”: overview of the key bi- and multilateral donor agency players in urban programs (including the UN Children’s Fund [UNICEF], the World Bank, and the...