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The research on the cross-border transportation infrastructure: Phase 2
In 2005 and 2006, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) researched the global progress of regionalization and the impacts of cross-border transport. The present study...
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Doing business 2015. Going beyond efficiency
This report is the 12th in a series of annual reports measuring the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. The report presents quantitative...
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The business case for social and environmental safeguards in infrastructure lending
A presentation outlining the business case for social and environmental safeguards in infrastructure lending. The benefits and costs of safeguards and the scale of...
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Gendering cross-border networks in the Greater Mekong Subregion: Drawing invisible routes to Thailand
This article discusses human trafficking within the GMS in relation to the strengthened inter-state economic and infrastructural connectivity, taking the life history of sex...
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Report: Asia Pacific regional workshop in preparation for the first global meeting of the Indigenous Peoples’ Forum at IFAD
This report outlines key findings and recommendations of the Asia Pacific regional workshop in preparation for the first global meeting of the Indigenous Peoples’ Forum at IFAD....
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Counter-trafficking databases in Cambodia
This SIREN report identifies the existing government databases containing information on human trafficking in Cambodia, and presents recommendations for the systematic provision...
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East Asia’s changing urban landscape: Measuring a decade of spatial growth
This study attempted to provide systematic data on the scale and form of urban expansion in East Asia through empirical observation. (China, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand and...
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Re-examining the role of transport infrastructure in trade, regional growth and governance: Comparing the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) and Central Eastern Europe (CEE)
This article explores the role of transport infrastructures in regional economic growth by comparing Central Eastern Europe (supported by the European Union structural and...
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Kamako Chhnoeum Program findings from September 1st to October 28th, 2013
"The International Labour Organisation’s Better Factories Cambodia program (BFC) launched Kamako Chhnoeum (Outstanding Worker) on September 1, 2013. The system is available for...
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Hubs and spokes emerging patterns of intra-Mekong trade and investment
This working paper analyses intra-Mekong trade and investment. The author argues that new patterns of trade relationship are emerging which can be likened to hubs and spokes, in...
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Low cost, low tech disaster proof shelter
From the foreword: "Shelter rehabilitation after disaster is one of the most expensive humanitarian interventions. According to data collected by PIN, the average cost estimates...
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Improving secondary education through institutional innovation: a report to UNDP and UNICEF
Records the findings of a mission to Cambodia sponsored by the UNDP and UNICEF in August 2006. The objective was to assess the present state of education in Cambodia and make...
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Overview, rice production in Cambodia
An overview of rice production in Cambodia, describes the climate, seasons, soil conditions and land use, and the distribution of rice paddies. Rice agro-ecological systems are...
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Cambodia enters the WTO: Lessons learned for least developed countries
Outlines Cambodia’s entry to the World Trade Organisation and the lessons for other least developed countries. The Government of Cambodia applied for accession to the World...
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The experience and the meaning of hypoglycemia to Cambodian diabetes patients: A qualitative study conducted in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
This study examines the experience and the meaning of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) to Cambodian diabetes patients in cooperation with a local NGO—MoPoTsyo— which provided...
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Education statistics, Mekong countries
Education statistics for Mekong countries, sourced from Unicef's State of the World's Children Report 2015 statistical tables. Indicators include youth literacy rate; number of...
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A study of Japanese official development assistance (ODA) for educational development in post genocide Cambodia
This thesis aims to investigate whether Japanese foreign aid to Cambodian educational development is truly being positive peace or whether it can be said to be an indirect cause...
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China and Yunnan economic relations with Myanmar and the Kachin state: powering the peace process
A paper about economic relations between China and Myanmar and their impact on the peace process. The paper covers the background of relations between the two countries, and...
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Funding economic development: A comparative study of financial sector reform in Vietnam and China
A study analysing financial sector development in Vietnam and China within the framework of financial sector reforms introduced in the two countries. The study will assess the...
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Narrowing the development divide in ASEAN: The role of policy
This paper examines the extent to which economic convergence within ASEAN is occurring, the factors that are driving it and the role of policy. Theory is provided to examine the...