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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
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The credit risk-contingency system of an Asian development bank [PDF]
This article offers a new method for the evaluation of financial institutions, one that combines socioeconomic survey data with appropriate accounting standards.
Jacob Yaron, Robert M. Townsend
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Public perceptions of unreliability in examination results in England: a new perspective [PDF]
, 2010 Presented at the 36th International Association for Educational Assessment (IAEA) Annual Conference in Bangkok, Thailand, 22-27 August 2010. This report is about a quantitative study on public perceptions of unreliability in examination results, using an
Boyle, Andrew +2 more
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan +3 more
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The Mechanics of a successful Exchange-Rate Peg: Lessons from Emerging Markets [PDF]
To the surprise of many market watchers, Thailand's exchange-rate peg to the dollar collapsed in July 1997, leading to similar rounds of currency devaluations in other East Asian countries.
Andreas Fischer, Michael Dueker
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Animal welfare in a global perspective [PDF]
, 2009 Global survey of animal-welfare regulations, practices and perceptions, with case studies on poultry meat from Brazil and Thailand, eggs from India and the USA, welfare regulations of farmed fish and welfare aspects related to (perceived) overpopulation ...
Bracke, M.B.M.
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor +3 more
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Capital Controls and 21st Century Financial Crises: Evidence from Colombia and Thailand [PDF]
In the run up to the financial crisis of 2007-2009 many developing nations fell victim to massive inflows of capital, capital that their financial systems found difficult to absorb. One of a number of policy options to respond to such inflows is ...
Bruno Coelho, Kevin Gallagher
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Worker Rights Consortium Assessment re Far East Garment Textile and First Apparel (Thailand): Findings, Recommendations, and Status Report [PDF]
, 2005 WRC reports on its assessment of labor violations at the Far East factory in Thailand. Includes a discussion of logistics of the assessment and recommendations for the company to remediate the ...
Worker Rights Consortium
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