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A comparative analysis of institutions, national policies, and cooperative responses to floods in Asia

A comparative analysis of institutions, national policies, and cooperative responses to floods in Asia

... (in press); Nikitina E., 2006. Learning from doing: building links between CABRI-IFA-M-Power. CABRI Newsletter, N 2 (forthcoming). Nikitina E., V.Kotov, 2005. Flood risk reduction: explaining ... economic and political reforms. Financing. Problems in financing are often indicated as one of the most important factors defining failures in performance of institutions; while on the contrary ... insurance it is believed to be a promising mechanism for problem solving in increasing institutional capacities in floods risk reduction in Asia. 3.3. Domestic institutional frameworks for flood...

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Regional diversity in the nineteenth century

Regional diversity in the nineteenth century

... the mining industry. Unlike the mines, however, trade in ivory and slaves did not survive into the twentieth century. Instead, eastern Africa suffered a brutal economic discontinuity. Its nineteenth -century ... the predominant form of warfare, thereby intensifying training, discipline, and military ethos. Yet the Zulu kingdom was more than its army. Young women continued to marry older men, incorporated ... year during the late nineteenth century. The main export was ivory, whose continuously rising price drove the traders ever deeper inland. Slave exports rose to rival it during the mid -century, ...

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Tài liệu The Internationalization of Financial Services in Asia docx

Tài liệu The Internationalization of Financial Services in Asia docx

... country that maintains barriers against foreign firms providing financial services domestically. Many financial markets in Asia are still quite closed to international competition in financial services, ... business (not clear about securities business for banks). South Korea Only securities businesses are allowed to be active in dealing, broking, underwriting, securities savings, credit granting. ... of further internationalization for Asia. 2 Executive Summary The internationalization of financial serviceseliminating discrimination in treatment between foreign and domestic financial services...

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Tài liệu Health of Children Living in Urban Slums in Asia and the Near East: Review of Existing Literature and Data pdf

Tài liệu Health of Children Living in Urban Slums in Asia and the Near East: Review of Existing Literature and Data pdf

... nine times higher in the slums of Manila than in nonslum areas, without specifying an age group. 28 Incidence of diarrhea (in adults and children) in these same slums is twice as high as in ... trends increasing. 72 The number of people living in urban slums is expected to double within the next 25 years, and by 2025, 6 out of 10 children in developing countries will live in cities 73 ... was 1.9%. Looking ahead, the urban population of Asia is expected to increase dramatically, from 1.2 billion in 1995 to 2.5 billion in 2025, with more than 400 million residing in cities of...

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Tài liệu DEVELOPING LOCAL MARKETING INITIATIVES FOR ORGANIC PRODUCTS IN ASIA pptx

Tài liệu DEVELOPING LOCAL MARKETING INITIATIVES FOR ORGANIC PRODUCTS IN ASIA pptx

... marketing initiatives in developing countries. Participants in the workshop on November 9, 2003 came from the following countries: Thailand, Palestine, India, Nepal, China, Malaysia, Singapore, ... Following the principles of fair trade, pricing is best done in very open way, involving all farmers within a group and both producers and marketing organisation being clear about their margins. The ... their small units viable using organic inputs and practices. This requires intensive education, training and motivational activities. Training of women farmers and enabling them to be resource persons...

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Tài liệu Noblewoman aristocracy and power in the twelfth century anglo norman realm pptx

Tài liệu Noblewoman aristocracy and power in the twelfth century anglo norman realm pptx

... admired in women. 24 Other clerics in the twelfth century likewise wrote obituaries for women, including Baudri of Bourgeuil and Robert Partes, a monk, of Reading, who in the mid-twelfth century ... power. Stafford convincingly dismissed models of society which seek improvements or decline in women’s position or place in society since this undermines important questions concerning the complexities ... Nichola’s defence of power and portrayal  23  Lincoln in 1217 was a significant factor in turning the tide of events in favour of King John. According to a later tradition recorded at the local shire...

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Tài liệu Social and Economic Control of Alcohol The 21st Amendment in the 21st Century docx

Tài liệu Social and Economic Control of Alcohol The 21st Amendment in the 21st Century docx

... maintaining or increasing revenues (McGowan, 1997). It could be said that the same approach is required of all government-regulated industries such as airlines, banking, healthcare, and insurance, ... California: Inde- pendent Institute, 3. Wine Institute. (2007) U.S. Wine, Grapes and Grape Products Contribute $162 Billion to Economy, http://www.wineinstitute.org/industry/statistics/2007/us_wine_eco- nomic_impact.php, ... controlling overindulgence, acting in response to the demands of AU5463.indb 2 10/5/07 1:42:15 PM 10  n  Social and Economic Control of Alcohol makes a beverage intoxicating in fact to an ordinary...

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Tài liệu How the poor (and not-so-poor) saved : savings banks in mid- Nineteenth Century Ireland and America pdf

Tài liệu How the poor (and not-so-poor) saved : savings banks in mid- Nineteenth Century Ireland and America pdf

... in mid -century, described in Table 7, are particularly telling in this respect. Had the savings banks been mainly about ‘encouraging and rewarding the industry and self-denial of the working ... drop in net deposits in 1826 and 1827, a reflection of the crisis conditions obtaining in those years. The continuing outflows in 1828 and 1829 were probably due to the decline in the interest ... benefits of savings banks to the industrious poor by imposing controls on the upper limits deposited and by closing or paying no interest on inactive accounts. In Philadelphia in December 1833...

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Tài liệu Toward a New Literacy of Cooperation in Business MANAGING DILEMMAS IN THE 21ST CENTURY pdf

Tài liệu Toward a New Literacy of Cooperation in Business MANAGING DILEMMAS IN THE 21ST CENTURY pdf

... Cooperation in Business: Managing Dilemmas in the 21st Century, we take the first steps in exploring this emerging field of knowledge and practice, looking for ways to think about two key business ... are presenting a thinking tool, not an engineering tool. The seven levers are, at this point, merely a framework for diagnosing and probing the dynamics of cooperation—a way to begin to deepen ... and sensing capabili- ties are increasingly embedded in physical objects, we might expect these formerly inani- mate objects to begin to engage in social behaviors. COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE INSTITUTE...

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Tài liệu 2012 Outlook for the retail and Consumer Products Sector in Asia ppt

Tài liệu 2012 Outlook for the retail and Consumer Products Sector in Asia ppt

... continue. India will continue to be a highly promising but difcult market for online retailers. Indias internet penetration was only 8.4% in June 2011, accounting for 10.7% of Asia s internet ... seeming to have the edge. In China, home grown pure-play online retailers such as Alibaba Group and E-Commerce China Dangdang will continue to dominate. In India as well, pure-play online ... demands were diversifying and developing into distinct categories. We also identied a growing trend of traditional ofine retailers wanting to sell online, but not having the infrastructure, resources...

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Tài liệu A Guide to Selling Irish Regulated Investment Funds in Asia ppt

Tài liệu A Guide to Selling Irish Regulated Investment Funds in Asia ppt

... “Dealing in securities” means, whether as principal or agent –  acquiring, disposing of, subscribing for or underwriting securities; or  making or offering to make with any person, or inducing ... “dealing in securities” is defined widely to include “the making or offering to make an agreement with another person, or inducing or attempting to induce another person to enter into or offer ... regulates all financial instruments as defined in the FIE Act including corporate stocks and bonds as well as Securities. The Kanto Local Finance Bureau of the Ministry of Finance Japan (the...

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Tài liệu Social and working conditions in Asia’s rubber plantations & CS policies and practices of rubber gloves, boots, mattresses and condoms brands in Denmark docx

Tài liệu Social and working conditions in Asia’s rubber plantations & CS policies and practices of rubber gloves, boots, mattresses and condoms brands in Denmark docx

... more, including information on how suppliers are to implement the CoC. In practice, Viking has begun to audit working conditions in fac to rie s in China. Viking has not audited working conditions ... with information about Viking’s thoughts on sustainable business. Viking replied to DanWatch’s CSR inquiries. Viking has a Code of Conduct (CoC) adressing CSR in the company’s supply chain. ... organization for rubber companies in Indonesia, GAPKINDO, provides training and planting material to smallholders. Smallholders were interviewed from three provinces in Indonesia: North Sumatra,...

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Tài liệu The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century pdf

Tài liệu The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century pdf

... of Great Britain three centuries later. By discouraging industry in Spain, and yet enforcing in the colonies an absolute commercial dependence on the home-country, by combining in their rule ... License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century Author: Clarence Henry Haring The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the ... products of the Indies wool, silks, wines and dried fruits, cochineal, dye-woods, indigo and leather, and finally, indeed, ingots of gold and silver. The trade in Spain thus in time became a...

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