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  Modeling private sector development in the People’s Republic of China

  ADB Institute, 2005

  In this paper, a simplified mathematical model based on the behavioral pattern of firms in the PRC is used to discuss the impact of privatisation on private sector development in the People's Republic of China (PRC).
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  Gender and ICTs for development: a global sourcebook

  Royal Tropical Institute, 2005

  This book is a collection of case studies about women and their communities in developing countries and how they have been influenced by ICTs. The book proposes that ICTs and policies to encourage their development can have profound implications for women and men in terms of employment, education, health, environmental sustainability and community development.
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  An absence of choice: the sexual exploitation of North Korean women in China

  Anti-Slavery International, 2005

  This report examines the situation of North Korean women who illegally escape to China in search of food and work.It finds that in China, the irregular status of undocumented North Korean women contributes to their vulnerability to sexual exploitation, including trafficking into forced marriage, the sex industry, as well as voluntary and quasi-voluntary arranged marriages.
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  What is special about enterprise performance in North-East People’s Republic of China? Dynamics of privatization, profitability and productivity during the Reform Era

  ADB Institute, 2005

  Using the annual survey on large and medium-sized industrial enterprises in People’s Republic of China (PRC) by the National Bureau of Statistics, this paper examines enterprise performance in north-east PRC, in the light of growing regional disparities in income and wealth in the PRC.The north-east region has a high concentration of state-owned enterprises and was the PRC's old, heavy industry
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  In search of excellence: exemplary forest management in Asia and the Pacific

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2005

  This publication reflects the outcome of an initiative to identify instances of exemplary forest management in the region and examine the core components of high quality forest management in an effort to illustrate good forest management to a wide audience and encourage others to take up some of the most promising ideas, methods and approaches.
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  Economic transition and urban health care in China: impacts and prospects

  John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2001

  This conference paper, published by Harvard University, examines how China’s transition from a centrally-planned to a market-oriented economy has affected the functioning of urban health care systems. It argues that a large decline in government revenue has constrained the state’s ability to finance health care.
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  As poverty urbanises, can cities become sustainable, equitable and productive?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Cities in developing countries continue to grow rapidly, accompanied by ever expanding informal settlements and worsening poverty. In cities where municipal capacity is already limited, effective measures are needed to address poor people’s priorities.
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  Fuelling conflict: unsustainable forestry practices in Burma

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Burma is one of the most densely forested countries in the world. Patterns of forest use cause resentment amongst ethnic communities, who feel they do not receive fair benefits from this resource. State management of Burma’s forests allows Thai and Chinese logging companies to extract huge quantities of timber.
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  Economic transition and human development

  School of Business Administration, Miami University, Ohio, US, 1998

  This paper, presented at the 1998 conference of the Academy of Business and Administrative Sciences and published by Miami University, examines the determinants of economic and human development in transition economies. It uses statistical analysis of 27 transition economies in 1993-4 to study the impact on economic growth of other economic and human development variables.
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  Economic reforms and constitutional transition

  Center for International Development, Harvard University, 2000

  This paper, published by the Harvard University Centre for International Development (CID), investigates the relationship between economic reforms and constitutional transition. It argues that assessment of reform performance might be very misleading if it is not recognised that economic reforms form just a small part of constitutional transition.

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