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  Paying its way: can tourism generate funds for protected areas?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Tourism is continuing to grow rapidly. Regions in developing countries with high levels of biodiversity are seeing the greatest growth. Protected areas are increasingly attractive to tourists and some conservation areas, traditionally supported by government funding, are raising significant income through tourism.
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  Adaptive learning: a new approach to natural resources management

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  The management of fisheries resources in many developing countries is difficult because the resource systems are both complex and dynamic in their biophysical and human aspects. For this reason, it is not always possible to understand with certainty how a system works, or to accurately predict the outcomes of management actions.
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  Addressing challenges in co-management information systems

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  There is an increasing shift towards the co-management of fisheries in many countries. Co-management creates new challenges for information collection and use, with a larger number of people involved in the process. This has prompted managers to reflect upon their new roles and reconsider their information requirements.
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  Growth and trade horizons for Asia: long-term forecasts for regional integration

  Asian Development Bank Institute, 2005

  With the emergence of People’s Republic of China (PRC) and India, the economic landscape of Asia and its relation to the global economy have been changed. Against this background, this paper present forecasts for Asian expansion until 2025. It explores a scenario of shifting patterns of regional specialization and their consequences for growth and structural change in the Asian economies.
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  Making decisions about pest management: a learning-based approach

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Making the right decisions about pest management strategies and pesticide use is critical for farmers due to rising production costs, increased competition and consumer concerns about food quality and safety. This is true for both subsistence and commercial farmers.
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  The state-owned enterprise reform in Vietnam: process and achievements

  Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2002

  The importance of the industrial State Owned Enterprise (SOE) sector in the Vietnamese economy makes it the central focus of economic reforms, and particularly so since SOEs are perceived to be relatively inefficient. The Vietnamese government is confronted with the challenge of how best to continue with the SOE reform process.
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  Competition policy and development

  Asian Development Bank Institute, 2005

  This policy brief describes the role of competition policy, and uses Asian experiences to highlight some aspects of its design, implementation, and place in the broader policy pattern.Observations of the brief include:effective competition policy depends on active and fair enforcement; therefore clear property rights and a sound legal system are prerequisitesfor countries in transit
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  The impact of transition to the market economy on welfare changes: lessons from the experience of Asian transitional economies

  Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), 2001

  This paper, published in China and the World Economy, explores the economic and social changes that occurred during the transition to a market economy in the countries of east and central Asia.
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  Cheap and effective: new hope for treating drug-resistant malaria in Vietnam

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Southeast Asia has the most highly drug-resistant malaria in the world, which severely limits treatment options. Researchers from Vietnam’s Hospital for Tropical Diseases tested a new combination tablet: dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine. Their results show that this inexpensive, safe and effective treatment could be a useful weapon in the fight against malaria.
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  In focus: children and poverty

  United Nations Development Programme, 2004

  This issue of In Focus, the regular publication of the International Poverty Centre of UNDP, is devoted to the topic of childhood poverty, which is central to achieving progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and plays an important role in the transmission of disadvantage from one generation to another.Caroline Harper from the University of Manchester discusses why it is essential t

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