Developing countries are fast adopting industrial pollution control standards similar to those in developed countries. Formal regulation has been greatly hampered, by the absence of clear and legally binding regulations, limited institutional capacity, lack of appropriate equipment and trained...

pt. 1. The latest wave in globalization : long-term and comparative perspectives -- pt. 2. Capitalizing on (offshore) services in the shadow of giants : a look beyond India and the Philippines -- pt. 3. Labour and industrial organization in the latest wave of globalization : challenges,...

With closer regional integration there is increasing interest within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and on the part of ASEAN's dialogue partners in the potential gains of closer connections between Southeast Asia and South Asia. The strategic positions of India, Myanmar, and...

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART 1 Scales, Logics, and Agents -- Tropical Knowledges -- The Natures of Culture: Environment and Race in the Colonial Tropics -- Dividing Lines: Nature, Culture, and Commerce in Indonesia’s Aru Islands, 1856–1997 -- A Move from Minor...

Purpose: This paper retested the Okun’s Law established in the 1960s and the subsequent research on Okun’s findings that a 1% increase in unemployment would lead to a 3 % decrease in GDP), i.e. Okun’s coefficient (β)= -3 in diverse economies of sixteen South and Southeast Asia, sixteen...