East Asia and Pacific

The impact of coal mining in South Kalimantan province

This report suggests that policy-makers need to consider measures to reduce the level of coal exploitation to save the environment and intoduce investment policies that support agricultural based activities that generate high employment.

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Fallout from the financial crisis will change the landscape for finance and growth over the next 10 years: ( World Bank , 2010); Developing countries facing higher borrowing costs, lower credit levels, and reduced international capital flows. 2010's Global Economic Prospects report examines the consequences of the financial cri...
Labour markets will continue to struggle despite signs of economic growth: ( International Labour Organization , 2010); Even though the global economy appeared to start growing again during the closing months of 2009, labour markets showed little sign of improving. The number of unemployed persons is estimated at 212 m...
The proportion of older persons in the world will double by 2050: ( Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations , 2009); This report provides a description of global trends in population ageing and includes a series of indicators of the ageing process by development regions, major areas, regions and countries. This edit...
Climate change adaptation in Inner Mongolia, China: ( J.J. West / Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo , 2009); This report documents local perceptions and experiences of environmental migration in selected settlements in Mongolia and China, and discusses some of the challenges and opportunities for climate cha...
Pension policy and how to restrain the over-fast growth of capital assets investment in China: ( Z. Yang / Munich Personal RePEc Archive , 2009); This paper investigates the urban public pension in China, and examines the effects of the replacement rates and population growth rate on the capital-labour ratio, pension benefits, consumption and u...
Analysing armed violence in Asia and the Pacific: ( J.M. Hazen / United Nations Development Programme , 2008); This paper presents a general overview of the risks and effects of armed violence in Asia. It also focuses in detail on the issue of armed violence arising from armed conflicts particularly its cau...
Mechanisms for effective dementia care treatments: ( M.J. Prince;D. Acosta;E. Castro-Costa;J. Jackson;K.S. Shaji / Public Library of Science Medicine , 2009); Two-thirds of people with dementia live in low- and middle income countries (LMICs), where there are few services available and levels of awareness is low. This paper focuses on the effective ma...
Worldwide religious tolerance and intolerance: ( US Department of State , 2009); This document records the status of respect for religious freedom in all countries during the period from July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009. The Annual Report's primary focus is on the actions of governme...
Can using water pricing as a regulatory measure help in increasing water use efficiency?: ( P. Stalnacke;U.S. Nagothu;J.D. Deelstra / Directorate-General for Research - European Commission , 2009); This paper summarises the main findings from the STRIVER project - an integrated inter-disciplinary assessment in four twinning river basins in Norway, Spain, Portugal, India, Viet Nam and Cambodia. T...
Asking the right questions about climate change risks and effects: ( M. Van Aalst;M. Helmer;C. de Jong;et al. / Red Cross/ Red Crescent Centre on Climate Change and Disaster Preparedness , 2007); The Red Cross / Red Crescent Climate Guide puts forward experiences of more than forty National Societies who in the last five years have started to address climate change in their work. The guide ...