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A Veteran's Asia Reflections
Walter, Norbert - eSocialSciences - 2011
the Hindukush to Japan are assessed and put into a global context. The issues addressed include the elections in Japan …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002296
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Development and Health in Poor Countries: Role of Interntional Organizations and Switzerland
Briand, Bastein; Colli, Lorenza Eder; Gut, Anne; Henny, … - eSocialSciences - 2011
The study tries to better understand three fields which seems to be essential with respect to the problem of a facilitated access to medicines : 1. the ambiguous position of intellectual property (IP) rights in the more general framework of human rights ; 2. the mechanism which enabled the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009364238
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Understanding China’s Consumers
Hansakul, Syetarn - eSocialSciences - 2010
China’s consumers are better understood when looked at as two distinct classes: urban consumers and rural consumers. The urban households are much richer than their rural counterparts and consume three times more.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008677769
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Asian Century: A Comparative Analysis of Growth in China, India and other Asian Economies
Basu, Kaushik - eSocialSciences - 2010
The paper argues that if the Chinese economy had failed, mainstream economics would have described this as completely predictable, given the extent and nature of involvement of the Chinese state in the functioning of markets and the economy. The fact that China has succeeded therefore should...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008752338
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Hostage to History: Japan-South Korea Relations
Edström, Bert - eSocialSciences - 2014
With the two leaders of Japan and South Korea having failed to hold an official meeting between them since coming to …- Korean ultra-nationalist protests in Japan while lingering grievances remain in South Korea. Gestures of goodwill as well as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133093
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The End of Japan's Nuclear Renaissance? Not Just Yet
Brennan, Elliot; Arthur, Jeremy - eSocialSciences - 2012
described as ending the ‘nuclear renaissance’ in Japan. The government is in a hard place, trying to negotiate public …:[http://www.isdp.eu/images/stories/isdp-main-pdf/2012-brennan-arthur-japan-energy.pdf]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133109
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Nationalist Sentiments Run High in Asian Territorial Disputes
Brennan, Elliot - eSocialSciences - 2012
Spot fire disputes have sparked across Asia, with the winds of nationalism spurring them on. If one flares up it could ignite a region. Escalating tensions should have mediators vigilant and with pails of water at the ready. With tensions escalating rapidly in Asia’s territorial disputes,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133178
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Promoting Democracy in Myanmar: Political Party Capacity Building
Aung, Aung - eSocialSciences - 2013
The importance of the political parties in Myanmar and their role as the creators of the future of the country. The course of the present developments relies on the ability of the political parties. This paper highlights the role of political parties, the conflict history of the country and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133201
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Highlights of the Budget for FY2012: Japan
eSocialSciences; Ministry of Finance, Japan MOF, Japan - 2012
1) Allocating budget to the measure for the real revitalization of Japan to recover Japan’s economy and society 2 … reconstruction from the Great East Japan Earthquake 5) To maintain confidence of the bond market, maintaining Overall Expenditure …). [Ministry of Finance, Japan]. URL:[http://www.mof.go.jp/english/budget/budget/fy2012/e20111224a.pdf]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133218
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Criss-Crossing Globalization: Uphill Flows of Skill-Intensive Goods and Foreign Direct Investment
Mattoo, Aaditya; Subramanian, Arvind - eSocialSciences - 2014
Japan, Spain and USA. Creating a new combined dataset on FDI (covering greenfield investment as well as mergers and … Africa as a share of their GDP, are as large as flows from countries like Japan, Korea and the US. Then, taking the work of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133244