... High-Level consultation to accelerate progress towards achieving maternal and child health Millenium Development Goals (MDGs 4 and 5) in South- East Asia 1The South- EastAsia (SEA) Region accounts ... the South- EastAsia Region.Backgroundone High-Level consultation to accelerate progress towards achieving maternal and child health Millenium Development Goals (MDGs 4 and 5) in South- East Asia 304.5 ... remarkably contributed to the progress in the health status of some countries.The second scenario is seen in some countries such as Thailand. Growth and expansion of the economy was accorded...
... shows that the majority of the people of South East Asia have the problem of getting enough food merely to keep going.1Reid A. SouthEastAsia in the Age of Commerce, 14501680, vol 1. Yale UniversityPress, ... Nice or Nasty: Food Choice, Food Law and Health in SouthEast Asia by John Candlish and Chee-Hong TanCopyright â 2003 by a division of Asia Pte Ltd. Learning is a trademark used herein under ... agreementASEAN Association of SouthEast Asian NationsBINAS Biosafety Information Network and Advisory ServiceCBD Convention on Biological DiversityCAD Coronary artery diseaseCITES Convention on International...
... in SouthEastAsia 2007 7Map 3: Opium production in SouthEastAsia (metric tons), 2004 - 2007 Laos Opium Survey 2007 27EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The 2007 Opium Poppy Survey in the Lao PDR was conducted ... UNODC Wa project, Myanmar 2007. Opium Poppy Cultivation in SouthEastAsia 2007 5Map 2: Opium poppy eradication in SouthEastAsia (hectares), 2004 - 2007 Laos Opium Survey 2007 36Figure ... with weak plant vigour in forest clearing Opium Poppy Cultivation in SouthEastAsia 2007 11Opium abuse In SouthEast Asia, opium addiction is mainly found in places where opium poppy is cultivated....
... CARE-GIVERS(Continuing education, life-long learning) HEALTH OF THE ELDERLY IN SOUTH- EAST ASIA 58Behaviour Urban RuralMale Female Male Female TotalSmoking tobacco 35.5 7.3 58.6 11.0 27.3Alcohol consumption ... sex HEALTH OF THE ELDERLY IN SOUTH- EAST ASIA A research protocol on frail elderly, with pathological, psychological and social components,was developed by ASEAN country members in January 2003. ... increase in the older population has occurred gradually.However in developing countries, in East Asia, South- EastAsia and Latin America, thedemographic change in the ageing population is occurring...
... distribution costs on the basis of the proportion of total throughput accounted for by each line, but it did not include the cost of any long term stocking of over-ordered lines, nor the cost of collecting ... include any allowance for the cost of capital tied up in inventory. The latter cost was considered as part of the company’s general overhead and was another issue of concern frequently raised by ... ‘gut feeling’ was that the delivery costs alone might account for anything up to 15% of the C+F price. If this was the case, he was confident there was scope for considerable saving. ...
... 65 66Source: East Asian Miracle, 1993What accounts for the unexplained 13-40%? 20What accounts for divergence within SE Asia? 18 4 Southeast Asian experience (1) East Asia and Pacific ... a*(Base GDP) + b*(K/L growth); a < 0, b > 0 Southeast Asian experience (2)Sources of economic growth in SE Asia What factors have contributed most to growth?Labor force growth (“demographic ... externalities; increasing returnsWorld Bank: East Asian Miracle (1993), decomposes contribution of some of these to total GDP growth 16 Divergent paths in 3 countries1954-58a1978 1985 2005Philippines...
... faster relave growth rate of M sector.ã What happens to the composion of GNP? +AgricultureManufacturingCE Thoughts on dual economy3/5735@35$F09%K4@L!=+?(9735$4%74($4!"I4"0JI$$J:$H$!! ... J#"4* Is full employment constraint realisc in a poor economy?$CD ... AgricultureManufacturing‘Balanced growth’ line - no str. changeCDRise in GDP, measured in terms of manufactures at constantprices Tools: sectoral producon funcons9Y = F(K, L)%(Yj...
... losers from protection Each group contains: President Marcos (1 person)Manufacturing sector capitalists (2 people)Farmers in export crop sectors (coffee, coconut, tropical fruit) (2 p)Skilled ... increase N demand and priceCombined distributional outcomesLosers from protection are owners of factors not intensively used in protected industries, and/or consumers of protected goods ... Protection and income distribution (1)Supply side (factor markets) What are the characteristics of industries most likely to be awarded protection?Which industries display least comp. adv?What...
... FINANCIAL INTEGRATION IN EASTASIA 1653 â 2006 The AuthorsJournal compilation â Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2006 3. THE DATA We consider nine countries in East Asia: China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, ... INTEGRATION IN EASTASIA 1663â 2006 The AuthorsJournal compilation â Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2006The results for consumption co- movements are reported in Table 4. Generallywe find that the coefficient ... total trade was about 14.1 per cent for East Asian economies on average, contrasting to about eight per cent for Europeancountries in 2000. But, EastAsia s trade with the US tended to decline...