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    Biodiversity Planning in Asia - Vietnam (IUCN)

    Mekonginfo, 2002
    Chapter which documents historical and current approaches to biodiversity planning in Vietnam dating back to before the government ratified the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 1994 and adopted a Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) in 1995.The authors find that rapid development and a growing population largely dependent on natural resources are placing increasing pressure on biodiversity
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    Myanmar: the dilemma of stalled reforms

    Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2000
    This paper explores Myanmar's political and economic background in the context of stalled reforms.
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    Macroeconomic management of the Chinese economy since the 1990s

    Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), 2001
    China has achieved remarkable growth and development in the past two decades.
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    Assessing global e-commerce policies: a perspective from Thailand

    Thailand Development Research Institute, 2001
    The article assesses the global e-commerce proposals advanced by international organizations and developed countries in five areas: Liberalization of the telecommunication sector Taxation Trade negotiations under GATS The harmonization of e-commerce related commercial laws Protection of intellectual property rights. The article argues that e
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    Mission Greening: strengthening market forces to develop commercial forests in China

    Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2002
    How it is possible to create or provide economic incentives for people to invest in forest plantation, and ensure the sustainability of forests in China?The depletion of forestland has been caused by a combination of rising demand for wood due to industralization, population growth, low price of wood prior to the 1980s, and institutional constraints on the supply of wood.This paper provides
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    Japan's new trade policy: good or bad for ASEAN?

    Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur le Developpement International, 2001
    This paper assesses the possible outcomes of the opening of the Japanese market to trade with ASEAN countries.
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    Economic slowdown and domestic politics: Malaysia boleh?

    Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2001
    This paper attempts to examine how the economic slowdown in Malaysia after the Asian crisis has affected domestic politics.
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    HIV/AIDS: China's titanic peril: 2001 Update of the AIDS situation and needs assessment report

    Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2002
    At the end of 2001, all indications point to the brink of explosive HIV/AIDS epidemics in increasing numbers of areas and populations, with an imminent risk to the widespread dissemination of HIV to the general population through sexual transmission, and potential severe consequences for individual health, community development and social stability.
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    The Asian financial crisis and its implications for Vietnam's financial system

    Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2001
    This paper focuses on the impact of the crisis on Vietnams financial and banking systems.
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    External liberalization, growth and distribution in the Philippines

    College of Business Administration, University of the Philippines, 2002
    This paper examines the effects of external liberalization on growth and distribution in the Philippines.It addresses two main issues: (I) the interaction of the timing, length and depth of trade and capital accounts with macro conditions; and (II) how macroeconomic policy was directed and coordinated during the period of the reforms.The paper analyses the macroeconomic and political history

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