Solving the Riddle of Globalization and Development
Solving the Riddle of Globalization and Development

Author: Manuel Agosin

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2006-11-22

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 1135987300

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In the past two decades many developing countries have embraced the challenge of globalization by rushing to dismantle trade barriers and to promote increasingly liberal market-oriented policies. However, a broader response to globalization is both necessary and possible if countries are to develop as quickly and as fully as possible. Exploring this complex interrelationship between globalization, liberalization, and human and social development, this innovative book undertakes a full analysis of development policy, strategy and practice in a variety of countries, with equal weight provided to Asia, Latin America and Africa. An internationally renowned team of contributors examines the complex network of connections and the implications for international development policy, strategy and practice. Advocating the inclusion of sustainable human development as a key element in countries' responses to globalization, key points highlighted include the need to nurture an enabling environment, and to promote education and R&D. These elements, coupled with sound macroeconomic management, are all required in equipping a country to integrate more effectively into the world economy. This innovative new approach to globalization and development set out in this volume will be essential reading for academics and practitioners alike.

International Environmental Law in the Asia Pacific
International Environmental Law in the Asia Pacific

Author: Ben Boer

Publisher: Kluwer Law International B.V.

Published: 1998-02-18

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 9041107061

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The purpose of this book is to assess the development of international environmental law in the Asia Pacific. Consideration is given to the impact upon the region of global, regional and subregional environmental law. An assessment is also undertaken of how certain states, and groups of states, have responded domestically and within their own subregions to these developments. For the purposes of this book the Asia Pacific is defined as essentially the states which comprise East and Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the island states of the Southwest Pacific. Occasional consideration is also given to the states of South Asia.

Minerals and Metals Development and Trade for Sustainable Supply in Asia and the Pacific
Minerals and Metals Development and Trade for Sustainable Supply in Asia and the Pacific

Author: United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

Publisher: United Nations Publications

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13:

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A report on mineral and metals trade and development in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mongolia, Malaysia, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Thailand and Viet Nam. The primary emphasis is on the widely traded ferrous, non ferrous and aluminium based sectors of the global, regional and national mineral sectors.

ASEAN Environmental Law, Policy and Governance
ASEAN Environmental Law, Policy and Governance

Author: Kheng-Lian Koh

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2012-11-09

Total Pages: 1406

ISBN-13: 9814329584

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News: The 2012 Elizabeth Haub Prize for Environmental Law is awarded to Emeritus Professor Koh Kheng-Lian in recognition of her important and pioneering contributions to the development and evolution of environmental law in Singapore and in the whole ASEAN region. Her contributions have been particularly significant in the areas of capacity building and scholarship in the field of ASEAN environmental law. ASEAN Environmental Law, Policy and Governance: Selected Documents, in two volumes, contains a judicious compilation of relevant ASEAN environmental instruments. These documents deal with ASEAN's progressive development of environmental law, policy and governance. Volume II covers sectoral areas including natural resources and biodiversity, forestry, agriculture and food, cultural heritage, coastal and marine environment, water resources management, zoonotic diseases and the environment, energy and climate change, environmental disaster management, environmental education, environmental governance and epilogue. ASEAN has grown in stature and has an important role to play in developing global environmental sustainability. Regional organizations such as the European Union and governments of countries like the United States, Australia, China and India are partners in ASEAN's endeavours to develop a green planet. This book will be of interest in an interconnected environmental world. This book is also available as a set with ASEAN Environmental Law, Policy and Governance (Volume I).

Sustainable Development and the Future of Mineral Investment
Sustainable Development and the Future of Mineral Investment

Author: James Otto

Publisher: United Nations Publications

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13:

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Initiated jointly by the Institute for Global Resources Policy (Colorado School of Mines), the Metal Mining Agency of Japan, and the United Nations Environment Programme, seven chapters (most by authors affiliated with The Colorado School of Mines; others drawn internationally) analyze how the concept of sustainable development can be related to mineral enterprises. The volume is intended to reach a wide audience, so content has been kept at a technical level accessible to non-specialists. Discussion includes philosophical perspectives on sustainable development, interests and objectives of stakeholders, institutional frameworks--process and implementation, and assessment methodologies and indicators. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.