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 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>Historically, wind energy has been used in many parts of Asia and the Pacific to supply power for various purposes, including water pumping. The potential for application of wind-powered waler pumping, as a cost-effective ...

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>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 ...

The construction of polders was recognized as a potential method of developing coastal lowlands, river valleys, marshes and swamp ground, as well as tidal embayments and gulf areas. In as much as the largest populations ...

<p>The impacts of economic reforms on rural poverty are still not adequately known. While the developing countries of the region have embarked on the reforms path to increase economic growth rates and integrate national ...

<p>This report examines the potential of cross-border ventures in Asia in motor vehicle industry: motorcycles, cars, trucks and buses and their components. The production chain and the issues of technology and technology ...

This publication reviews the current situation of the automobile industry sector in Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines and Thailand. Best practices and major policies related to promoting ...

<p>This study was prepared by the ESCAP/UNDP project Economic Restructuring and International Trade in the Mineral Commodities Sector (RAS/089/027) by a team from the Centre for Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy ofthe ...