...
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.
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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,...
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IN THE ASIA- PACIFIC REGION
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China seeks growth with sustainability
China 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 the
expansion, while energy-exporting countries of Central Asia, and in particular
the ... 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....
...
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.com
as 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...
... operation. For example, fingerlings in
the barramundi farm operating in the Hinchinbrook
channel, Queensland, are produced from brood-stock
originally sourced from this region. In view of these
conditions, ... Aceh province, Indonesia, showing its districts, including the study site
located in Sampoinet subdistrict (grey area) of Aceh Jaya, and distribution of
dominant nearshore benthic cover in surveyed ...
Seed
Lobsters are distributed mainly in the Central Sea
from Quang Binh province to Binh Thuan province
(see Figure 1). Among nine identified species in the
region, three have rapid growth,...
... 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 Re
g
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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 Business
Indicators
Source: Doing...
... issues in intellectual property rights protection
in the Internet? 18
Are 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-mail
listings.
4. Spoofing is faking the e-mail sender’s identity and tricking the target recipient
into 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 its
method of delivering advertising on...
... quarantine installation in a non-SALB endemic country
outside Asia- Pacific region
❍ All packaging material, including the containers, from origin country has to be replaced with
a 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 ... the Asia and Pacificregion which encompasses the major rubber
growing countries of Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, China, Viet Nam and Sri Lanka, as well as the
minor rubber growing countries...
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goals: UNICEF”
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meeting-millenium-development-goals-unicef_10080148.html ...
children suffering existing malnutrition or wasting are extremely vulnerable
to diseases like cholera, gastric infections and malaria.
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Alexandrina 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...
... 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...
... contribution of inclusive financial development to the MDGs…… 13
TowardsinclusivefinancialdevelopmentforachievingtheMDGs inAsia andthe Pacific
5.8 Financial innovation
The growing use ... Development Indicators.
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TowardsinclusivefinancialdevelopmentforachievingtheMDGs inAsia andthe Pacific
1. INTRODUCTION
Financial development, broadly defined to include ... decisions, and increasing investment in
family welfare.
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TowardsinclusivefinancialdevelopmentforachievingtheMDGs inAsia andthe Pacific
3.2 Inclusive financial development: How...
...
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 ... 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 ...
Viet Nam 63
Indonesia 64
India 64
Sri Lanka 65
Mainland China and Taiwan Province of China 65
7.3 Constraints to effective control of shrimp movements in the Asia- Pacificregion 66
Producer...
... education training?
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If yes, is this done during pre-service training?
If yes, is this done during in- service training?
17. Are teachers trained in the approach of delivering effective ... this done during pre-service training?
If yes, is this done during in- service training?
18. Are teachers given HIV&AIDS training?
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If yes, is this done during pre-service training?
If yes, ... are:
vaccinations and hearing and sight examinations in all 13 countries;
school feeding in 12 (92%) countries; and dengue prevention in 11
(85%) countries (see Table 8). Vaccinations and hearing...
... slowdown in China and
especially in India, reflecting deliberate efforts to
engineer a soft landing in the former and weakening
investor sentiment adding to supply constraints in
the latter. In ... particularly the maintaining and furthering of
strong regional trade integration.
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Indonesia
India
Malaysia
Singapore
Vietnam
Australia
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Philippines
Thailand
Korea
Japan
Source: ... Emerging Asia includes East Asia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand,
and Vietnam.
Asia and Pacific Department REO Update, October 2012
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warranted where inflation...