... whether we can find any evidence of business cycle synchronization in the region. We examine the following twelve countriesin the AsiaPacific region: five Asian crisis countries (Indonesia, Korea, ... 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 ... those in the East Asian countries. Second, business cycles in the five Asian crisis countries are highly synchronized and follow business cycles in Japan. Third, the countriesin Greater China,...
... 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 ... countered a weakening in exports in many countries. The region s economic powerhouses, India and China, led theexpansion, while energy-exporting countries of Central Asia, and in particularthe ... 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 ... Reproductive Health Care in Asia. ARROW. 92p. US $10. 00ARROW. (2011) . Reclaiming & Redening Rights—ematic Studies Series 1: Sexuality & Rights in Asia. 104 p. US $10. 00ARROW. (2 010) . ARROW Publications ... Indicators. www.srhrdatabase.orgARROW. (2011) . Reclaiming & Redefining Rights—Thematic Studies Series 4: Maternal Mortality and Morbidity in Asia. 104 p. US $10. 00ARROW. (2011) . Reclaiming...
... operation. For example, fingerlings in the barramundi farm operating in the Hinchinbrookchannel, Queensland, are produced from brood-stockoriginally sourced from this region. In view of theseconditions, ... Aceh province, Indonesia, showing its districts, including the study sitelocated in Sampoinet subdistrict (grey area) of Aceh Jaya, and distribution ofdominant nearshore benthic cover in surveyed ... Seed Lobsters are distributed mainly in the Central Seafrom Quang Binh province to Binh Thuan province(see Figure 1). Among nine identified species in the region, three have rapid growth,...
... unrealisticwish lists of projects but in sharing information, participating in planning andassuming some responsibility for accountability. Seeking good practice in PapuaNew Guinea and how to replicate ... Services in Developing Countries. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.Curtin, T. 1999. Public sector reform in Papua New Guinea and the 1999 budget.Labour and Management in Development (online) 1(14): ... reforms in the Papua New Guinea Public Servicesince independence. Journal de la Société des Océanistes 92–93(1&2):97 104 .Turner, M. 1997. Institutional Strengthening Issues in Papua New Guinea....
... or to the QD-matrix interfaces. In this paper, we report an experimen-tal investigation on the photon absorption in Ge QDs (2to 10 nm in size) embedded in silica, providing the ther-mal e ... metal/germanium interface. ApplPhys Lett 2007, 91:231231.40. Zhou Y, Han W, Wang Y, Xiu F, Zou J, Kawakami RK, Wang KL:Investigating the origin of Fermi level pinning in Ge Schottky junctionsusing epitaxially ... During annealing, Ge QDs undergo anOstwald ripening mechanism, similar to the Si QD case[33], leading to a size increasing of precipitates with a con-comitant a-c transition occurring in the...
... issues in intellectual property rights protection in the Internet? 18Are there international initiatives to protect intellectual property in the Internet? What Internet-specific treaties are in ... 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...
... SMEs in their use of ICT in business or in engaging in e-commerce?According to recent surveys conducted in select Southeast Asian countries, theperceived external barriers to e-commerce include ... E-Commerce in Developing Markets 10 Box 2. SESAMi.NET.: Linking Asian Markets through B2B Hubs 14Box 3. Brazil’s Submarino: Improving Customer Service through the Internet 15Box 4. Leveling the Playing ... be the banking chan-nels of choice in developing countries. Only a small number of banks employInternet banking. Among the middle- and high-income people inAsia questioned in a McKinsey survey,...
... 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: ... source, supporting policymakers in designing reform. The initial data covered in the database and included in this country profile are: Starting a Business: Entry Regulation Dealing with Licenses:...
... men. The Greek reading public, the audience at the theatre, the gathering in the Assembly and in the lawcourts, were almost exclusively masculine. Remarks indicating the inferiority of the frailer ... andcivilization arising from these must be taken into consideration in reaching our conclusions. Greek historyfalls into certain well-defined periods which are distinct in culture and civilization. ... found themwithin, her mother sitting by the hearth with the women, her handmaids, spinning yarn of sea-purple stain, buther father she met as he was going forth to the renowned kings in their council,...
... 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 _100 80148.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 ... water: 40%Living with improved sanitation: 45%Maternal mortality (per 100 ,000): 370Papua New Guinea’s capital of Port Moresby has had much invested in its infrastructure. In theory healthcare,...
... 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 January 2011, ... January 2011in Nanjing, China, to identify good practices, policy gaps and priority areas for action in ensuring quality health and long-term care services for older persons inAsia and the Pacific. ... 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...