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Asian Competitive Devaluations
Institute for International Economics, USA, 1998Paper examine three issues. The first is the path of China's nominal and real exchange rates since 1990. As it turns out, this is more complicated than is commonly assumed, with basic results exhibiting sensitivity to the exchange rate measure used.DocumentChina's Health and Environment
World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 1998The Chinese Government has endorsed a suite of policies to curb air and water pollution. The extent to which these policies are successful has direct bearing on not only the health of the Chinese people and the local environment but the global environment as well.DocumentEnvironmental changes and human health: World Resources Report 1998-99
World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 1998Focuses on the critical issue of environmental change and human health. Drawing on the latest scientific data, report explores how environmental conditions contribute to the current burden of death and disease around the world and how that may change over the coming decades.DocumentSocial exclusion and South Asia: A regional bibliographical review and India case study
International Institute for Labour Studies, ILO, 1995Regional report starts with a description of basic indicators of the five South Asian countries Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. . Section II discusses some basic concepts of poverty. In section III, the so-called direct and indirect approaches to poverty alleviation and economic growth are described.DocumentGrowing points in poverty research: Labour issues
International Institute for Labour Studies, ILO, 1994poverty is almost always measured by asking whether a person's level of receipts falls below some norm. n defining what level of "receipts" constitutes poverty, is the norm the same for different people, times or conditions?DocumentInstitutionalization of Democratic Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa
European Centre for Development Policy Management, 1997Paper focuses on the institutionalization of democratic governance systems in Sub-Saharan Africa. It gives an insight into the institutional structures and mechanisms that allow democratic agents to operate and it provides a concise background on the role and functioning of political parties.DocumentAssessing the economic impacts of integrated pest management: lessons from the past, directions for the future
The Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics - Michigan State University, 1998Paper reviews the literature assessing the economic impacts of integrated pest management (IPM). Definitions of IPM are categorized as input- or outcome-oriented, and an outcome- oriented definition is recommended for public program assessment. The literature on economic impact assessment of IPM is divided according to focus on expected profit, profitability risk, environment, and health.DocumentThailand monthly financial statistical release (Bank of Thailand)
Economic Information Network Centre, Bank of Thailand, 1999DocumentStatistics and indicators on poverty
PovertyNet, World Bank, 1998Information and data on poverty monitoring.DocumentHealth Care Utilization and Expenditures in the Arab Republic of Egypt, 1994-95
Harvard School of Public Health, 1998Report presents a wide range of basic tabulations and analyses from the Ministry of Health - Data for Decision Making Project Egypt Household Health Care Use and Expenditure Survey (EHHUES) carried out in 1994-1995. It is intended as a general survey report. The survey methodology is described and basic statistics on the sample population are presented.Pages
