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  Limits to sustainable development?: a case study of Thailand from a cultural perspective on sustainable development in Southeast Asia

  WSSD Web Site of the Heinrich Boell Foundation, 2002

  This paper discusses the limits to sustainable development as long as international policies and politics continue to ignore cultural traits of target nations and regional target groups that render many of the development aims and tools ineffective.
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  Does globalization increase child labour?: evidence from Vietnam

  National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2002

  This paper considers the impact of liberalized trade policy on child labour in Vietnam.
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  When is economic growth pro-poor? : experiences in Malaysia and Pakistan

  International Monetary Fund, 2002

  This paper focuses on two central issues related to the contrasting experiences of Malaysia and Pakistan regarding poverty reduction. First, it examines the structure of economic growth and its proximate determinants in the two countries, including the initial conditions, institutional changes, and macroeconomic policies.
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  Vietnam's older population: the view from the census

  Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, 2002

  Study provides a descriptive analysis of Vietnam’s older population based primarily on special tabulations from the 3 percent public use sample of the 1999 census.Conclusions from the census suggest thatVietnamese elderly show remarkable stability in their living arrangements with respect to coresidence with children - a common fear, embodied for example in the International Plan of Ac
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  Health impacts of co-residence with and caregiving to persons with HIV/AIDS on older parents in Thailand

  Impact of the AIDS Epidemic on Older Persons, 2002

  An emerging literature indicates that parents are main caregivers to persons with HIV and AIDS (PHAs) in Thailand, especially during the late stages of illness.
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  Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Asia: practical guidance for programs

  US Agency for International Development, 2002

  In most countries in Asia, pediatric incidences of HIV/AIDS are increasing.
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  The unfinished story of the Indonesian bank restructuring: In search of a happy ending?: lessons and implications for other developing economies

  John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2002

  The aim of this paper is to take the experience of the Indonesian economic crisis - and its management through the various IMF programs - as a case study to demonstrate the complexity of achieving a balance between the conditions set to access IMF and other donor funds, and the implementability of the program from the perspective of the country in question.
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  Internet infrastructure and e-governance in Pacific Islands Countries

  United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2002

  This survey covers Internet infrastructure issues as well as the use of Internet for e-Governance.
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  Economic and social survey of Asia and the Pacific 2002

  United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2002

  This edition of the Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific reviews the efforts in the region to cope with the slowdown and the dislocations experienced during 2000-2001 and as a result of the 11th September terrorist attacks.The report provides overviews of:global and regional economic developments and the implications and prospects for the ESCAP regionmacroeconomic perf
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  Extension, poverty and vulnerability: the scope for policy reform. Final Report of a study for the Neuchatel Initiative

  Overseas Development Institute, 2002

  This paper reviews pro-poor agricultural extension policies, building on an earlier inception report of the same study. Based on a livelihoods approach, the authors argue that policies towards agriculture, rural development and extension have focused exclusively on increased productivity of land, as opposed to enhancing labour productivity, employment creation and vulnerability reduction.

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