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- This report seeks to provide provincial agencies and groups in China, and those that support them, with some outside perspectives and ideas on further development of provincial-level energy conservation programmes. The report focuses on energy conservation programmes in the industrial sector and covers: an overview of China's 2006-2010 energy conservation programme; current activities; and issues and challenges for the next five years. This document, report no.56416, was published by The World Bank in June 2010.
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- Robert P Taylor; Gailius J Draugelis; Yabei Zhang; Alberto U Ang Co
- Publisher
- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/2894
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- This report summarises the current status of aquaculture assessment tools (AATs) in the Asia and Pacific region through a selection of country case studies focusing on China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. Each case study examines the application of existing aquaculture assessment tools in the country, including issues and constraints and recommendations for improvement. This report was published by the FAO in 2013.
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- Miao Weimin; C. V. Mohan; Wyn Ellis; Brian Davy (editors)
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/019/i3438e/i3438e00.htm
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- This report evaluates the acute water shortages and pollution problems in North China, specifically in the Yellow (Huang), Hai and Huai (3-H) river basins, and recommends a number of improvements to China's water management practices to better support agriculture, the urban and industrial water supply and ecological resources in this area. It examines changes in the economy and society affecting the water sector, the current water resource situation in the 3-H basins and feasible options for balancing water supply and demand. It includes action plans for each of the key areas including flood control, agriculture, pollution control, wastewater reuse and groundwater management. This report was published by The World Bank in 2002.
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/15418
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- This collection of papers examines agriculture and rural development in China, linkages between China and The WorldFish Center, aquaculture research and its relation to development in China and the research priorities of the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences (CAFS). It was published by WorldFish in 2003.
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- L. X. Zhang; J. Liu; S. F. Li; N. S. Yang; P. R. Gardiner
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resource_centre/WF_348.pdf
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- This report provides an introduction to the importance of agriculture and the growth of public and private agricultural insurance in Asia and the Pacific regions and discusses risk management and the role of agricultural insurance, agricultural insurance provision, public sector support for agricultural insurance, small farmer agricultural insurance initiatives and options and recommendations for government support to agricultural insurance in Asia and the Pacific region. This report was published by FAO in 2011.
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- Charles Stutley
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/015/i2344e/i2344e00.htm
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- This resource is part 1 of a 6 part document provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). It provides an overview of trade and agriculture reforms in China, India and Malaysia since 1980. Part 1 specifically includes details of how the proceedings of the forum on agricultural reforms and trade liberalization emerged, and lists the achievements and progress made over the period 1980-2005. Various technical papers are included. Other sections of this publication are also catalogued in the e-library.
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/012/i1032e/i1032e00.pdf
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- This resource is part 4 of a 6 part document provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). It provides an overview of trade and agriculture reforms in China, India and Malaysia since 1980. This part includes details of agricultural production growth, government expenditure, and projections of production, consumption and growth for the period 2030-2050. Details of emerging issues such as the effects of climate change are included. Other sections of this publication are also catalogued in the e-library.
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/012/i1032e/i1032e03.pdf
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- This case study of aquaculture in China is one of a series of individual country case studies which, together with synthesis papers and the report of a workshop, provide a detailed overview of feed and fertiliser use in sustainable aquaculture development in developing countries. The full report, FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No.497, was published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2007. Other sections of this publication are also catalogued in the e-library.
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- M Weimin; L Mengqing
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/a1444e/a1444e00.pdf
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- This volume provides papers on the following themes: industrial policy and development; social capital, institutions, and development; financial crisis and regulation; the road to a sustainable global economic system; and innovation and competition. Many of the authors draw upon lessons learned from the experience of Korea and other East Asian countries and their responses to the financial crisis of the late 1990s. The volume includes selected papers and keynote addresses from the 2010 Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE), a forum for discussion and debate of important policy issues facing developing countries. It was published by The World Bank in 2011.
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- Justin Yifu Lin (editor); Boris Pleskovic (editor)
- Publisher
- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/2555
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- This report proposes a number of CO2 abatement cost curves and scenarios to set low-carbon targets and identify cost-effective, low-carbon investments to inform Shanghai municipal and Changning District governments in their commitment to transition to a low-carbon city. This includes a survey of buildings in the Hongqiao area to diagnose current energy use patterns, development of carbon abatement cost curves, prioritization of mitigation measures and development of three alternative abatement scenarios. This report was published by The World Bank in 2013.
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/16710
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- This study estimates the strength of pollution-haven-seeking behaviour by foreign firms investing in China by examining the location choices of equity joint venture (EJV) projects. A location choice model is constructed and an econometric model derived incorporating the results from 2,886 manufacturing joint venture projects from 1993-96. Data is also included from the annual Chinese environmental and economic censuses. This document is World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3505, published in February 2005.
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- Judith M Dean; Mary E Lovely; Hua Wang
- Publisher
- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/8902
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- This report explores the option of decentralization as a method of providing and financing basic education within Asia. It defines decentralization, explores other options for education finance, examines country experiences of decentralization in Asia (including Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam) and anticipates the future of education decentralization in Asia. This report was published by UNESCO in 2013.
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- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002163/216312E.pdf
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- This report examines the current systems of educational learning assessments across countries in the Asia-Pacific region as a method of improving the quality of education. It presents an overview of assessment practices in the region and examines national/sub-national assessments, public examinations, school-based assessment and international assessments with a summary of the major findings and implications for the future. This report was published by UNESCO in 2013.
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- Esther Sui-chu HO
- Publisher
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002178/217816E.pdf
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- This report examines the importance of increasing access to technical and vocational education and training (TVET) as a method of addressing skills mismatches between school outcomes and the labour market across five countries (including China, Malaysia and Thailand). It examines the recent evolution of TVET in the region, challenges for the expansion of TVET, purposes and debates over suitability of vocationalisation as well as key issues of vocationalisation policy. This report was published by UNESCO in 2013.
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- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0022/002262/226220E.pdf
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- This report assesses the progress of countries in the Asia-Pacific region in achieving the first goal of the Education for All commitment, the goal of education and care in early childhood, and identifies the remaining challenges and priorities that need to be addressed for these countries to achieve this goal. This report was published in 2012.
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- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); UNICEF
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002171/217145e.pdf
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- This report assesses the progress of countries in the Asia-Pacific region in achieving the second goal of the Education for All commitment, the goal of all children to have access to and to complete free, compulsory, good quality primary education. It also identifies the remaining challenges and priorities that need to be addressed for these countries to achieve this goal. This report was published in 2013.
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- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); UNICEF
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0022/002212/221200E.pdf
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- This report assesses the progress of countries in the Asia-Pacific region in achieving the third goal of the Education for All commitment, the goal of all young people and adults having the opportunity to gain the knowledge and develop the skills to develop their capacity to work, participate in society and continue learning. It identifies the remaining challenges and priorities that need to be addressed for these countries to achieve this goal. This report was published in 2013.
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- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); UNICEF
- http://www.unescobkk.org/fileadmin/user_upload/efa/Publications/EDN_G3_Web_FINAL.pdf
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- This report assesses the progress of countries in the Asia-Pacific region in achieving the fourth goal of the Education for All commitment, the goal of achieving a 50 per cent improvement in levels of adult literacy and equitable access to basic and continuing education for all adults. It identifies the remaining challenges and priorities that need to be addressed for these countries to achieve this goal. This report was published in 2012.
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- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); UNICEF
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002184/218428E.pdf
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- This report assesses the progress of countries in the Asia-Pacific region in achieving the fifth goal of the Education for All commitment, the goal of eliminating gender disparities in primary and secondary education and achieving gender equality in education. It identifies the remaining challenges and priorities that need to be addressed for these countries to achieve this goal. This report was published in 2012.
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- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); UNICEF
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002191/219185E.pdf
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- This report assesses the progress of countries in the Asia-Pacific region in achieving the sixth goal of the Education for All commitment, the goal of improving the quality of education so that all achieve recognized and measurable learning outcomes. It identifies the remaining challenges and priorities that need to be addressed for these countries to achieve this goal. This report was published in 2012.
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- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); UNICEF
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002191/219186E.pdf
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- This report reviews the current features of examinations and the current practices in public examinations taking place in countries in the Asia-Pacific region with recommendations for future improvement. Its recommendations focus on assuring integrity of assessments, reducing examination pressures, catering for an expanding and more diverse student candidature, assessing a wider range of curricular objectives and assuring quality and gaining public confidence. This report was published by UNESCO in 2013.
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- Peter Hill
- Publisher
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001878/187826E.pdf
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- This report examines measures that may contribute to increased access to secondary education in Asia and the Pacific, analysing the coverage of secondary education in Asia and the Pacific, reviewing major inequalities that exist in access and coverage and identifying factors that limit the access of primary school graduates to secondary education. This report was published by UNESCO in 2010.
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- Francoise Caillods
- Publisher
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0019/001900/190007e.pdf
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- Recent economic performances and future prospects are examined for China, India and other Asian countries (Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines). This report is World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 4174, and was published in March 2007.
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- David Dollar
- Publisher
- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/7215
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- This report provides an overview of the production and use of low value/trash fish in the Asia-Pacific region. It defines low value/trash fish as fish that have a low commercial value by virtue of their low quality, small size or low consumer preference. It examines their use in aquaculture and other animal feeds, and in human consumption. Countries discussed are Bangladesh, India, Thailand, Vietnam, China and the Philippines. Some data are provided for other countries in the region. This document, RAP Publication 2005/16, was published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2005.
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- Simon Funge-Smith; Erik Lindebo; Derek Staples
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/008/ae934e/ae934e00.htm
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- This study uses remote sensing, national crop productivity and land use statistics and weather data to analyse the water productivity of rice and wheat in the Indus and Ganges river basins in South Asia. It demonstrates that there is scope for improvement in water and land productivity in the middle to lower areas of the Ganges Basin where water is abundant but the high consumption is not being converted into high crop yields. This report was published by IWMI in 2010.
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- X. Cai; B. R. Sharma; M. A. Matin; D. Sharma; S. Gunasinghe
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- International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
- http://dx.doi.org/10.5337/2010.232