The growing aging population in developing Asia and the Pacific has significant consequences for providing social protection to the elderly. Social protection in the region has historically been weak and fragmented, and has mainly supported small segments of the population in the formal sector

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The discussion in this book focuses on three aspects: the role of infrastructure in supporting inclusive growth and poverty reduction, the need for appropriate soft infrastructure, and the role and potential of public-private partnership in infrastructure development

The Asia and Pacific region has some of the largest and most diverse ecosystems on earth. This means that countries in the region use more biologically productive land and sea to support the consumption of food, fibre and energy, as well as to build infrastructure and absorb carbon dioxide emissions

The Asian Development Review is a professional journal for disseminating the results of economic and development research carried out by staff and resource persons of the Asian Development Bank (ADB)

The Silk Road conjures up images of fabled cities and exotic lands, of long-gone empires and great conquerors. Place names such as Samarkand, Bukhara, Khotan or Chang`an continue to fascinate with the richness of their past. In this authoritative book, Luce Boulnois explores the encounter between East and West across the vast continental expanse that separates the Mediterranean world from the Chinese one

The technology of extracting energy from the wind has evolved dramatically over the last few decades, and there have up until now, been relatively few attempts to describe that technology in a single book

Essential of Discrete Mathematics is the ideal text for a one-term discrete mathematics course to serve computer science majors as well as students from a wide range of other disciplines. It introduces students to the mathematical way of thinking, and also to many important modern applications

Practical Grammar is a three-level British English Grammar course for self study or use in the classroom. The series takes students through key aspects of English grammar from Elementary to Upper Intermediate levels

Practical Grammar is a three-level British English Grammar course for self study or use in the classroom. The series takes students through key aspects of English grammar from Elementary to Upper Intermediate levels. Level 2 introduces grammar to students at low-intermediate to intermediate level. It aims to: teach all the key grammar at intermediate level ; improve accuracy with grammar