Korea, North
- Capital:
Pyongyang - Population:
22912177 - Size:
120540.0 Km2
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- Open and distance learning, blended learning, and administration and management practices in ICTs
- UNESCO Bangkok: Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, 2011
- This is a research study on the use of ICT for higher education in the Asia and Pacific region. This publication highlights the results from case studies that investigated the use of ICT in three areas: open and distance learning; ble...
- Mandatory systems to expand pension coverage to informal sector in Asia are unlikely to work
- L. MacKellar (ed) / Social Protection and Labour, World Bank, 2009
- The unprecedented speed at which Asian populations are ageing requires a rapid forward looking response from governments in the region to provide protection against the risk of poverty in old age. Given the large and sometimes growing...
- Challenges and opportunities facing potato producers worldwide
- New Agriculturalist, 2008
- This edition of New Agriculturist focusses on the potato, examining the challenges and opportunities facing producers worldwide. Among the articles includes in the edition are a report from Bolivia looking at efforts to...
- How can North Korea avoid another food crisis?
- S. Haggard; M. Noland; E. Weeks / Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2008
- The margin of error between required grain in North Korea and available supply is now less than 100,000 metric tons. Local food prices are sky-rocketing faster than world prices, the regime has soured its aid relationships with key do...
- A new opportunity for cooperation in the Korean peninsula
- J.E. Goodby / Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia, 2008
- What is the potential for an emerging architecture for security and cooperation in northeast Asia? In the context of the ‘Six party talks’, this paper analyses what would be required to achieve peace after six decades of t...
- Calling on the Chinese government to grant education to North Korean children living in China
- Human Rights Watch, 2008
- This report analyses the situation faced by children of North Korean women in China. The report points out that these children lack access to education, as Chinese schools require verification of identity for admittance and continued ...
- Is the Asia-Pacific facing mounting youth problems?
- United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2007
- Focusing on six Asia-Pacific countries; Australia, China, India, Malaysia, the Republic of Korea and Singapore, this paper documents information and experiences on youth issues, youth policy formulation and programme development. With...
- How can North Korea recover from the 19990-96 crisis?
- R. Ireson / Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, 2006
- This paper discusses various options for recovering from North Korea’s food shortage following the economic collapse in 1990. It sets the background context to the problem before continuing to discuss the current situation and h...
- The impact of emergencies on women and children
- United Nations Children's Fund, 2007
- This Humanitarian Action Report 2007 outlines UNICEF’s appeal for children and women in 33 emergencies around the world. In each country it looks at critical issues for children, key actions and achievements in 2006 and planned h...
- Asian governments must mainstream population ageing into all development polices and actions
- G. Mujahid / UNFPA Country Technical Services Team for East and South-East Asia, 2006
- There has been marked progress in the policy response to population ageing in countries of the ESEAR, particularly since the commemoration of the International Year of Older Persons in 1999 and the 2002 Madrid World Assembly on Ageing...
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