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Foreign Direct Investment Relations Between the Oecd and the Dynamic Asian Economies: The Bangkok Workshop
Foreign Direct Investment Relations Between the Oecd and the Dynamic Asian Economies: The Bangkok Workshop Brings together contributions presented to a workshop on foreign direct investment relations between OECD countries and the six Dynamic Asian Economies (DAEs) — Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand. The workshop drew experts from governments, business, and international … Continue reading
Computer Mathematics: Proceedings of the Fourth Asian Symposium (Ascm 2000), Chiang Mai, Thailand 17-21 December 2000 (Lecture Notes Series on Computing) Reviews
Computer Mathematics: Proceedings of the Fourth Asian Symposium (Ascm 2000), Chiang Mai, Thailand 17-21 December 2000 (Lecture Notes Series on Computing) This volume contains selected papers presented at the Fourth Asian Symposium on Computer Mathematics. There are 39 peer-reviewed contributions together with full papers and extended abstracts by the four invited speakers, G.H. Gonnet, D. … Continue reading
Thailand:Financial Sector Reform and the East Asian Crises (International Banking, Finance and Economic Law Series Set)
Thailand:Financial Sector Reform and the East Asian Crises (International Banking, Finance and Economic Law Series Set) This book takes as its focus the current supervisory and regulatory framework for bank supervision in Thailand and the Thai authorities’ efforts to modernise and restructure the Thai banking system. It examines the obstacles to this restructuring, which include … Continue reading
Emerging Sexual Inequality Among the Lisu of Northern Thailand: The Waning of Dog and Elephant Repute (Asian Studies)
Emerging Sexual Inequality Among the Lisu of Northern Thailand: The Waning of Dog and Elephant Repute (Asian Studies) The Lisu people, whose lives have been recorded in this publication, are predominantly women of a mountain community in northern Thailand. Along with their men, they have been growing poppies for opium for over a century, the … Continue reading
Algorithms, Concurrency and Knowledge: 1995 Asian Computing Science Conference, ACSC ’95 Pathumthani, Thailand, December 11 – 13, 1995. Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
Algorithms, Concurrency and Knowledge: 1995 Asian Computing Science Conference, ACSC ’95 Pathumthani, Thailand, December 11 – 13, 1995. Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science) This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 1995 Asian Computing Science Conference, ACSC 95, held in Pathumthani, Thailand in December 1995.The 29 fully revised papers presented were selected from a … Continue reading
Asian Tsunami and Social Work Practice: Recovery and Rebuiling
Asian Tsunami and Social Work Practice: Recovery and Rebuiling Asian Tsunami and Social Work Practice presents an inside look at the complicated nature of disaster preparedness and how it relates to poverty, trauma, community development, and service delivery systems. Health, human services, and mental health professionals from countries still reeling from the devastations of the … Continue reading
The Village Concept in the Transformation of Rural Southeast Asia: Studies from Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand (Studies in Asian Topics,)
The Village Concept in the Transformation of Rural Southeast Asia: Studies from Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand (Studies in Asian Topics,) Using examples from Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, the book considers what scholarship has defined as a village within the rapid changes taking place in rural Southeast Asia. Rating: (out of reviews) List Price: $ 195.00 … Continue reading
Asian Resorts
Asian Resorts Be it the mountain hot spring retreats of Japan or the crystal clear waters of the Pacific, this exploration takes you to the most exquisite resorts around Asia. Along with breathtaking photographs taken by the author, Asian Resorts includes exclusive stories based on firsthand interviews. This book drops you right into a dream … Continue reading
Contemporary Asian Bedrooms (Contemporary Asian Home Series)
Contemporary Asian Bedrooms (Contemporary Asian Home Series) Contemporary Asian Bedrooms opens the door to a new world of slumber retreats, showcasing some of the most eye-catching new bedroom designs in luxury homes and hotels in Southeast Asia. Shown here are a range of new design trends, from Zen minimalist to exuberant color kaleidoscopes, that make … Continue reading
The Canon in Southeast Asian Literature: Literatures of Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Phillippines, Thailand and Vietnam (Curzon Soas Books)
The Canon in Southeast Asian Literature: Literatures of Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Phillippines, Thailand and Vietnam (Curzon Soas Books) The literary canon is one of the most lively areas of debate in contemporary literary studies. This set of essays is both timely and original in its focus on the canon in South-East Asian literatures, … Continue reading
Civil Society and Democratization: Social Movements in Northeast Thailand (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Monograph) Reviews
Civil Society and Democratization: Social Movements in Northeast Thailand (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Monograph) This text is for anyone wondering whatever happened to Thailand’s vanished Marxist insurgents or interested in understanding the forces behind the mass demonstrations of peasants that periodically descend on Bangkok. Specifically, the book investigates the struggle of an important social … Continue reading