top 20 things to see in southeast asia

... hereafter invented, including photocopying, microfilming, and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without written permission from the publishers For permission to photocopy ... explanation without intent to infringe Library of Congress Cataloging -in- Publication Data Public administration in Southeast Asia : Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Macao / editor, Evan M ... politics in Hong Kong and China, and Asian administrative reforms He writes regular columns in the South China Morning Post, Ming Pao (in Chinese), and Hong Kong Economic Journal (in Chinese) Professor...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 06:21

... making powers in 200 1 Private sector interest in expanding the plantation sector remains at least as strong as it was prior to the Asian financial crisis In a letter dated 22 May 200 0, the Indonesian ... groups in Southeast Asia There is, however, little willingness in the sector to seriously address this concern During the Palm Oil Roundtable meeting in August 200 3, it became painfully clear to ... in 200 3 into the impacts of the palm oil industry in South East Asia, its links to the European market and the involvement of European companies in the palm oil trade Research methodology into...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 10:20

... management training We strongly believe that investments in people are of paramount importance in identifying and managing risk Trying to “revolutionise” 234 Christoph Freytag microfinance through ... easy to calculate and price The resulting increase in the size of the income may make such a product attractive to some poor people in certain situations – such as waiting for an offspring to finish ... middle-aged to start saving long-term while younger members borrow short-term to invest • savings can be used to secure future income (asset purchases in this example), to enhance future income (businesses...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... investments in land, housing, livestock, working tools, small business, etc A key motive for saving through in- kind investment rather than saving in cash lies in the economic trends in East Africa (Kenya, ... small savings commonly invest in small-scale farming – growing crops and rearing animals • Those with medium-sized savings invest in small businesses, e.g butcheries, trading or land to rent out ... retirement or in old age Those who can accumulate a lump sum invest in long-term businesses such as starting schools or renting houses in the towns and cities Save cash in banks: Saving in banks is...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... targeted at well-informed, more risktolerant investors.10 To increase investor confidence in the quality of the pool, the originator – the best informed investor – often retains the first loss ... Ehrbeck: “Optimising Capital Supply in Support of Microfinance Industry Growth”, a McKinsey & Co presentation to the Microfinance Investor Roundtable in Washington DC on 24-25 October 200 6, organised ... finance enables a potential originator to transfer risk to investors Finally, since this financing technique permits banks to manage their risks more efficiently, securitisation is expected to...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... them to invest in microfinance assets MF CDOs are useful instruments to raise additional funding for MFIs while acquainting private investors to microfinance risk MF CDOs represent debt funding, ... Requirements In order to place ABS successfully with local or international investors, the originator has to provide rating agencies – and to a lesser extent investors – with data illustrating the ... considered low risk In some cases, as in South Africa, institutional investors actively urged potential originators to issue mortgage bonds In other cases, lobbying by investor groups led to legal changes...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... new and innovative ways must be sought to upscale sustainable microfinance and to integrate microfinance institutions fully into local and international financial markets Financial markets in the ... Capital Supply in Support of Microfinance Industry Growth”, a presentation to the Microfinance Investor Roundtable in Washington DC on 24-25 October 200 6, organised by Omidyar Network / The SEEP Network ... crowding out private investors’ interest, but rather “crowding it in. ” Mobilising additional capital for the 150 to 300 financially CGAP Focus Note No 25 Foreign Investment in Microfinance (CGAP 200 4b)...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... with varying risk/return profiles to investors In the first and second closings, KfW made investments totalling EUR 11.8 million In the third closing in October 200 6, KfW made an additional investment ... Structured Finance 371 ings to productive investment, while offering more choices to investors according to their risk appetites Providing these opportunities and financial technology to developing and ... capital market beyond plain vanilla refinancing lines Even CDOs contribute to the development of local capital markets by increasing international investors’ interest in developing and transition economies...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 20:20

... Teicoplanin Vancomycin Rifampicin Erythromycin Fosfomycin Clindamycin Ofloxacin Ciprofloxacin Amikacin Gentamicin Tobramycin Meropenem Imipenem Cefepim Ceftazidim Cefotaxim Cefuroxim Oxacillin Cefalotin ... melioidosis in a Swedish tourist after the tsunami in 200 4 Scand J Infect Dis 200 6, 38:71-74 Nieminen T, Vaara M: Burkholderia pseudomellei infections in Finish tourists injured by the December 200 4 ... carbapenems, amikacin, and quinolones only, MRSA, sensitive to fosfomycin, rifampicin, linezolid and glycopeptides only, and S maltophilia, sensitive to ofloxacin only (Figure 4) Computed cranial tomography...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:23

... building designs to see The Wrigley Building, near the Chicago River, opened in the early nineteen twenties This office building is hard to miss It is bright white Downtown Chicago, the business ... TWO: In warm weather, people eat outdoors in the McCormick Tribune Plaza and Ice Rink in Millennium Park In winter, skaters come out to enjoy the ice Visitors can also walk and ride bicycles in ... Another big thing to see, and feel, is the weather After all, another name for Chicago is the "Windy City." People turn their shoulders to the strong winds off Lake Michigan In winter, Chicago...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 21:21

... in Southeast Asia (1990 200 5) 16 Forest Plantations in Southeast Asia (1990 200 5) 16 Tourist Arrivals in Southeast Asia (200 0 200 5) 17 Observed Temperature Changes in ... Social Indicators Environmental and Natural Resource Indicators in Southeast Asia 11 Livestock Production in Southeast Asia 12 Freshwater Resources in Southeast Asia ... contributed to a significant part of GDP in 200 6: 12.9% in Indonesia, 14.2% in the Philippines, 10.7% in Thailand, and 20. 4% in Viet Nam In 200 4 the sector accounted for 43.3% of the region’s total...

Ngày tải lên: 23/08/2014, 18:22

... M ưa lơn bao gây đổ vao Manila, Philippines tư thang ( AFP) ̃ ̀ ́ Tư đâu thang 10, dân Quang Binh, Viêt Nam đã phai lo chay lut (AFP) ̀ ́ ̉ ̀ ̣ ̉ ̣ ̣ Na y, lũ lut ... để ưng phó vơi nươc xe cộ không chay Ayutthaya (GettyImages) ̣ ́ ́ ̣ Sin h hoat vân tiêp tuc Trẻ em Quezon, Philippines hoc mưa (Reuters) ̣ ̃ ́ ̣ ̣ Đây là đơt lũ lut tệ nhât nhiêu thâp ... Giang, vung đông băng sông Cưu Long (Reuters) ̣ ̀ ́ ́ ̣ ̀ ̀ Tạ i Campuchia, nươc lut ngăn trơ sinh hoat cua nhiêu vung dân cư ta phai tim cach xoay xơ vi ̀ không thể di d đươc (Reuters) ̣ ̣...

Ngày tải lên: 27/10/2014, 10:00

... fieldtrips: two trips that each took in Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines during 200 5; one to Washington, DC in 200 8; one to Vietnam and Cambodia in 200 9 Scores of interviewees whom I met with ... about increasing participation and inclusion in policy making processes However, in practice (using a combination of co-option, consensus building, opposition marginalisation and via maintaining ... of institutions for attending to both, forms the theoretical rigour underpinning much within SIN Indeed, NIE’s influence is strewn all throughout SIN’s socialengineering efforts, most evident in...

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2014, 12:59

... significant destination for pirates’ stolen ships, and many Chinese nationals were involved in piracy in Southeast Asia For this reason, factors relating to China’s involvement in piracy in the region ... providing ready prey for pirates East Asia in this dissertation mainly refers to Japan and China, while Southeast Asia mainly refers to the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore ... “piracy” and “terrorism” in Southeast Asia has become common since 11 September 200 1 27 These works all give some insight into piracy in Southeast Asia, but differ in certain respects from the approach...

Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2015, 10:44

... contemporary trend towards deregulating the industry and how state interests coincide or come into conflict with industry trends A Geographical Analysis of Air Hubs in Southeast Asia In 200 5, aviation ... alluded to, especially in the light of increased regional competition by states to become the dominant air hub in Southeast Asia Finally, I seek to situate my findings in the broader socio-economic ... Such works include Raguraman (1997), Gottdiener (200 1), Pascoe (200 1), Wood (200 3), Fuller & Harley (200 4) and Aaltola (200 5) Topics include the roles of flag carriers in nation building, the cultural...

Ngày tải lên: 16/09/2015, 12:42

... ADB and ASEAN remain to this day and stand partly as testimony to US efforts to influence and retain a role in Southeast Asian affairs The US has been involved in Southeast Asia since the end of ... Americans to have such a prominent role in founding SEATO Firstly, American officials thought it imperative to put up a show of force to stand against Chinese expansion into Southeast Asia The line ... Accords in order to ensure that Southeast Asia would not be lost to Communist expansion SEATO was similar to its cousin, NATO, as it was the basis of the Containment of Communism in Southeast Asia...

Ngày tải lên: 04/10/2015, 16:12

... relates having seen in 1999 a local political candidate’s father going around from door to door in a village twirling a pistol on his finger and reminding citizens to vote for his son However, in Arghiros’ ... the people fighting are fighting vaguely for an ideology, but in many cases, especially in Southeast Asia, ideology shares space with other factors in political thinking Southeast Asian politics ... suspected NPA cadre and forces him to join the anti-Communists, that seems illogical; it seems like inviting an infiltrator into one’s organization However, in day to day life, it is doubtful that...

Ngày tải lên: 05/10/2015, 22:16

... City in Early Modern Southeast Asia The issue of sources Writings on Southeast Asian cities: Defining the city Methodology: Urban type, hierarchy and structure Colonialism, War and Southeast Asian ... occurring in the greater world of island Southeast Asia The nature of changes in the urban structure and function, and in the society that the city housed in its form in early modern Southeast Asia ... necessary in this study is hindered by the same issues that have affected the studying of any aspect of pre-modern insular Southeast Asia – namely, the sources Southeast Asian indigenous historiography...

Ngày tải lên: 06/10/2015, 21:23