<p>The Regional Seminar on Investment Promotion and Enhancement of the Role of the Private Sector in Asia and the Pacific was held at Dhaka from 26 to 30 January 1993. The Seminar was organized by the Economic and Social ...

<p>This publication is a compilation of materials that provide an insight into the difficulties faced by both the public and private sectors and the benefits they derive in managing technology assessment programmes in their ...

Highlights the importance of the private sector in industrial and technological development in South Asian economies after drawing experiences from other Asian countries; and elaborates deregulation, liberalization and ...

The publication presents an analysis of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows in the Asia and Pacific region. It examines the sectors that have attracted FDI flows, and the potential sectors for future FDI inflows. It ...

<p>This publication presents the papers given at the second meeting of IGCP Project 296, Quaternary of the Asia/Pacific at Khon Kaen, Thailand in July, 1990. The meeting was attended by representatives of eight countries. ...

The "Disability at a Glance: a Profile of 28 Countries and Areas in Asia and the Pacific" is a compilation of disability-related data and information from the following 28 countries and areas: five from the East and ...

<p>A major cause of the 1997 crisis in Asia was the failure to ensure good governance in the financial and corporate sectors. Based on this background, this publication discusses the linkage of corporate governance with ...

<p>The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the International Geological Correlation Programme (IGCP), the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) and the Association of Geoscientists ...

<p>Studies presented at the International Pepper Seminar 1994, 17-19 August 1994 Bangkok, Thailand</p> <p>Country papers were also presented to provided national perspective on the issues and problems that the pepper ...

<p>The main principle for the sustainable development of water resources is that the rate of extraction both from ground and surface water sources should not exceed the rate at which the resource is renewed and its extraction ...