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Impacts of Current Global Economic Crisis on Asia’s Labor Market
Huynh, Phu; Kim, Kee Beom; Sziraczki, Gyorgy - eSocialSciences - 2010
The paper investigates the labor market and social impacts of the global financial and economic crisis in Asia and the …, and remittances data to assess the employment and social consequences of the crisis, including falling demand for labor … provides some projections of the impact on unemployment, vulnerable employment, working poverty, and labor productivity in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008694251
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Science Commons: Towards Free and Open Knowledge Systems
Ghatak, Shambhu - eSocialSciences - 2009
The free/open source software movement is an economic, social and political movement that has triggered a new recognition of the importance of open knowledge systems, especially in developing countries. Report of a workshop for policy makers in New Delhi. [eSS Conference Report]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008512442
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Book Review: Growth, Justice and Globalisation
Kanda, Mohan - eSocialSciences - 2007
Review of: Globalizing Rural Development: Competing Paradigms and Emerging Realities by M. C. Behera; Sage Publications, 2006.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009250368
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Book Review: Tales of the Displaced in India’s North-East
Talukdar, Ratna Bharali - eSocialSciences - 2008
Review of: Internal Displacement in South Asia: The Relevance of the UN’s Guiding Principles Edited by Paula Banerjee …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009250426
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Singapore: The Art of Building a Global City
Sanyal, Sanjeev - eSocialSciences - 2007
late entrants in Asia who can stiudy and understand the urban dynamics of existing global cities in Europe and North …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487770
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Book Review: Anti-Imperialism and Individualism
Bagchi, Barnita - eSocialSciences - 2007
Organizing Empire: Individualism, Collective Agency, and India. By Purnima Bose; Duke University Press, Durham and London, South Asian Reprint, Zubaan, New Delhi, 2006.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319320
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How Did Social Medicine Evolve, and Where is it Heading?
Porter, Dorothy - eSocialSciences - 2007
This essay briefl y examines some of the diverse developments of social medicine as an academic discipline and its links to political conceptualizations of the role of medicine in society. The author then analyses the possible future directions open to the discipline in the Anglo-American...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487740
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Medical Ethics Education in Britain, 1963-1993: Volume 31
UCL, The Wellcome Trust Centre for History of Medicine WTC - eSocialSciences - 2008
Medical ethics did not become a recognized subject in the syllabus of Britain's medical schools until 1993. This Witness Seminar transcript records the development of international ethical codes, the response to them over the period 1963-93 by students and doctors and the extent of resistance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005341690
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Report on SAHR Fact Finding Mission to the North and East of Sri Lanka to Assess the State of Displaced Persons
SAHR, South Asians for Human Rights - eSocialSciences - 2008
This report on the state of displaced persons in the North and East of Sri Lanka analyses the security condition and concerns of those who live in makeshifts and camps in conflict affected areas. It provides an overview of the current ground situation,and highlights the manner in which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699021
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Clinical Research in Britain, 1950–1980: Volume 7
UCL, The Wellcome Trust Centre for History of Medicine WTC - eSocialSciences - 2008
The growth of clinical research in the UK since the Second World War is examined, including the 1953 Cohen Report and the subsequent creation of the Medical Research Council’s Clinical Research Board. Lord Walton of Detchant, as Chairman, guided the discussion on the inter-relationships...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699358