<p>Country-level studies of tea marketing systems were conducted to examine the basic characteristics of the current marketing arrangements for tea, the advantages and disadvantages of these market ing systems, feasible ...

The decline of oil prices starting in 1986 greatly influenced the Government of Indonesia to change rapidly its policy of relying on oil to non-oil exports as a source of foreign exchange earnings. Foreign exchange is ...

<p>ESCAP implemented a project on the &ldquo;Role of the informal service sector in poverty alleviation&rdquo;, with generous financial support from the Government of Netherlands. The project focused on petty trading, ...

<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 ...

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 ...

<p>This volume contains the revised versions of six case-studies prepared by consultants from six developing countries of the ESCAP region on their experience in tax reforms and an overview paper which summarizes the ...

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 ...

Presents some descriptive information on women's role and status in Indonesia as well as statistical data. The aim is to propose additional measures to further enhance the participation of women in education, health, ...

<p>This publication, fourth in a series devoted exclusively to the study of Quaternary stratigraphy in the Asia-Pacific region, contains a selection of papers presented at the third and fourth regional meetings of Project ...

<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. ...