• Forest fires have broken out across many countries in Southeast Asia in late February 2005. (nasa.gov)
  • The Southeast Asia Region, which includes Bangladesh and India, has the largest populations at risk for cholera. (cdc.gov)
  • Many countries in the Southeast Asia Region face challenges with known risk factors for cholera outbreaks including poverty, lack of development, and high population density. (cdc.gov)
  • Similar to Africa, improving global access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) is a critical step to reducing cholera in the Southeast Asia region. (cdc.gov)
  • In Southeast Asia and elsewhere, cholera is underreported and leads to an underestimation of the global burden of this disease. (cdc.gov)
  • Cases of cholera officially reported to WHO in Southeast Asia do not include an estimated 500,000-700,000 cases labeled as acute watery diarrhea. (cdc.gov)
  • The CSIS Chair for Southeast Asia Studies is pleased to invite you to a Banyan Tree Leadership Forum featuring Daniel J. Kritenbrink, senior director for Asian affairs, National Security Council. (csis.org)
  • Southeast Asia from Scott Circle: What's Next for U.S. Policy toward Myanmar? (csis.org)
  • International regulatory co-operation (IRC) continues to have a strong impact on better regulation in Southeast Asia, especially given the strategic priority placed by ASEAN on implementing systems to foster regional economic integration. (oecd.org)
  • Spread over the whole of South and Southeast Asia and organized hierarchically, they made up the backbone of the European trading networks in Asia. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Title : How to prepare food safely [Southeast Asia] Corporate Authors(s) : National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases. (cdc.gov)
  • It is a leading academic unit with particular expertise on Asia, with chairs specialising in South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia and Central Asia, and thematically on globalisation, processes of economic and social transformation, religion, material culture as well as migration studies. (lu.se)
  • With this backdrop the course introduces an analysis of economic and political developments in East Asia, focusing on China, Japan, and Southeast Asia. (lu.se)
  • For Southeast Asia, we discuss development strategies in the post-war period and examine the so-called miracle years, crisis, and transformation. (lu.se)
  • China was a major economic power and attracted many to the east, and for many the legendary wealth and prosperity of the ancient culture of India personified Asia, attracting European commerce, exploration and colonialism. (wikipedia.org)
  • Sørøst-Asia er en subregion i Asia som omfatter området sør for Kina og øst for India . (wikipedia.org)
  • Due to the VOC's dominance in Indonesia and the power of China and Japan's emperors, the greatest number of factories in Asia existed in India. (encyclopedia.com)
  • For decades, Lumbini was somewhere travelers flashed through en route from India to Nepal, unaware they had passed within yards of the birthplace of the historical Buddha," says Lonely Planet. (cnn.com)
  • Asia shares the landmass of Eurasia with Europe, and of Afro-Eurasia with both Europe and Africa. (wikipedia.org)
  • The boundary between Asia and Africa is the Red Sea, the Gulf of Suez, and the Suez Canal. (wikipedia.org)
  • This makes Egypt a transcontinental country, with the Sinai peninsula in Asia and the remainder of the country in Africa. (wikipedia.org)
  • The threefold division of the Old World into Europe, Asia and Africa has been in use since the 6th century BCE, due to Greek geographers such as Anaximander and Hecataeus. (wikipedia.org)
  • Our work for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on Green Asia Indicators is helping guide sustainable development decisions in Asia-Pacific countries. (www.csiro.au)
  • We collaborated with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to address the information gap that exists in many countries in Asia and the Pacific around economic activity, natural resource use and emissions, establishing comprehensive data sets for all 26 countries in the region. (www.csiro.au)
  • Lonely Planet placed it at No. 10 on its list of best places to go in Asia for 2018. (cnn.com)
  • Historic Buddhist sites, fiery food and adorable pandas are just a few of the reasons Lonely Planet added China's Sichuan province to its 2018 Best in Asia list. (cnn.com)
  • Focus Asia is a series of public lectures that the Centre organised regularly between 2004 and 2018. (lu.se)
  • UNODC experts presented good practices, international norms and insights from South Asia to strengthen programmatic partnerships in the Global South at the first regional conference on Access to Legal Aid hosted by the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA). (unodc.org)
  • South Asia is home to about 627 million children under 18 years of age - approximately 36 per cent of the total population. (unicef.org)
  • One place desperately in need of help after last week's earthquake in South Asia is the town of Bagh in Pakistani-administered Kashmir, nearly 150 km from the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. (bbc.co.uk)
  • This corner of South Asia turns out to be full of surprises, including vestiges of one of the world's oldest civilizations and parks that are home to hyenas, wolves, Asiatic lions, and more. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • In the last video, Professor Tanuja Kothiyal explains the process through which a bridge is created between folk religious traditions and more established traditions in South Asia. (lu.se)
  • The Sweden-South Asia Media Project is focused on building relations between media researchers and journalists in South Asia and Sweden. (lu.se)
  • The Sweden-South Asia Media Project aims to study and report on the growing digital media landscape in South Asia and link these results together with the development of the Swedish media landscape. (lu.se)
  • While reported cases decreased by 72% from 2015 to 2016, reported deaths from cholera in Asia increased sixfold. (cdc.gov)
  • Olga V. Koulaeva was appointed Director of the ILO Decent Work Team and Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia on 1 November 2016. (ilo.org)
  • On 30 September 2016, Dimitrina Dimitrova, Director of the ILO Decent Work Technical Support Team and Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, completed her term in our region. (ilo.org)
  • Frank Gehry's first residential project in Asia, a twisty residential tower called Opus Hong Kong, is complete. (archpaper.com)
  • Back before the big Spotify launch in Canada, it was rumored that the streaming music platform would also break into Asia and parts of Latin America. (webpronews.com)
  • The eastern steppes of Mongolia are of great ecological importance because, unlike most other grasslands in Central Asia and the rest of the world, there has been relatively little modification by human use. (fao.org)
  • UNICEF works in countries and territories across Europe and Central Asia to uphold the rights of every child. (unicef.org)
  • The right to clean air is far from the reality for children and young people in Europe and Central Asia. (unicef.org)
  • Human Rights Watch welcomes the initiative of the EU and the German presidency to embark upon a Central Asia strategy, following years of neglect of this important region by the EU. (hrw.org)
  • The EU draft strategy states that the EU s overall aim is The establishment of stable, independent and prosperous countries adhering to democratic values and market economy principles in Central Asia. (hrw.org)
  • The human rights section of recent EU draft strategies implies that human rights conditionality especially in policy toward Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan and public expressions of concern on individual cases by EU governments have hampered the development of relationships with Central Asia and produced little result. (hrw.org)
  • The EU Central Asia strategy should contain clear goals, criteria or benchmarks, and the will to incorporate human rights concerns at the political level, including, when necessary, through public statements. (hrw.org)
  • Further, since the EU is considering spending significant funds in programming in Central Asia it should consider staggering the expenditures so that some funds would be linked to specific benchmarks. (hrw.org)
  • Formulating goals and criteria for human rights progress in the Central Asia strategy would be consistent with EU practices elsewhere and those of other European institutions. (hrw.org)
  • 3 For example, while there are clear differences between the Central Asia strategy and the European Neighborhood Policy, the latter s Action Plans, which incorporated, among other things, specific human rights objectives, could be a useful model for the Central Asia strategy. (hrw.org)
  • Under CLIENT, the World Bank supports Central Asia countries with shared borders and ecosystems to facilitate transboundary collaboration and catalyze joint actions to increase resilience to climate change impacts, restore landscapes, and protect lives and livelihoods. (worldbank.org)
  • With their endowment of natural resources and high biodiversity, Central Asia countries have the potential to transition to a greener, cleaner, and more resilient growth that is efficient in its use of natural resources, clean in that it minimizes pollution and environmental impacts, and resilient in that it accounts for natural hazards and the role of environmental management and natural capital in preventing physical disaster. (worldbank.org)
  • Towards this goal, the World Bank's CLIENT Analytical Program supports Central Asia countries through three pillars of activities. (worldbank.org)
  • Drylands in Central Asia are one of the most rapidly degrading and climate-vulnerable areas in the world. (worldbank.org)
  • The latest take on the old Silk Route, this trip departs from Istanbul and proceeds by ferry, 4x4, boat, and truck through Central Asia to Bangkok, with plenty of time to take in such sights as Turkmenistan's flaming Darvaza Gas Crater. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • While there was obvious progress in renewables elsewhere in the post-Soviet area, Central Asia until recently has not shown adequate levels of interest in developing wind and solar power. (lu.se)
  • Foreign investors and specialists in installing renewables capacity can benefit from the planned expansions in the wind and solar facilities in Central Asia. (lu.se)
  • keywords = "Central Asia, renewables, sustainability. (lu.se)
  • Europe's expansion into Asia in the early modern period never strove for the type of colonialism known from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: Commercial profit rather than territorial expansion was the central aim of the chartered companies . (encyclopedia.com)
  • With these public lectures, the Centre intended to provide an opportunity to all those interested to hear Europe's best scholars in East and South-East Asian Studies speak on important topics concerning contemporary East and South-East Asia. (lu.se)
  • Facebook has invested in a project to help boost internet speed and availability to nearly a dozen Asia-Pacific countries, according to the BBC. (webpronews.com)
  • We are the largest tax practice in the Asia Pacific region, which means we have the experience and expertise to offer seamlessly local and regional services to your organisation. (pwc.com)
  • Asia and the Pacific has been the most dynamic region globally for several decades, most notably due to the economic rise of China. (www.csiro.au)
  • Indicators for a Resource Efficient and Green Asia and the Pacific which proposes 118 indicators to assess natural resource use over the past 40 years. (www.csiro.au)
  • It includes how each Asia-Pacific country uses materials, energy and water and generates emissions to fuel their economy. (www.csiro.au)
  • New data collated in this project is now used for policy planning and monitoring progress of SDG targets for natural resources in many countries in Asia and the Pacific. (www.csiro.au)
  • Development in South-East Asia and the Pacific has been less impressive than elsewhere in Asia and the region faces some pressing challenges, notably the problems of young people looking for work, according to the ILO's 2008 Global Employment Trends (GET). (ilo.org)
  • Labour productivity in South-East Asia and the Pacific[1] is "stagnant" compared to the rest of Asia , and not enough employment opportunities are being created, the International Labour Office (ILO) said in a new report published today. (ilo.org)
  • A new report on priorities for Asia to close its climate finance gap and steer towards net zero emissions by mid-century. (asiasociety.org)
  • There are pages on the Solar System, the continents, Asia, and the student's home. (enchantedlearning.com)
  • To facilitate the understanding of the geoeconomic and geopolitical environment in East Asia, the course consists of lectures on the respective countries, in combination with essay writing presented at the final seminar of the course. (lu.se)
  • It was developed in collaboration with the members of the ASEAN-OECD Good Regulatory Practices Network, and key regional partners including the ASEAN Secretariat and the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA). (oecd.org)
  • West Asia is part of three eco-regions that incorporate a variety of ecosystems, all of which provide a wide array of services and ecological corridors for migratory species through the region. (iucn.org)
  • If you already operate across the region, or are looking to grow your business across Asia, we bring a combined knowledge of markets and our connected international network to help you succeed. (pwc.com)
  • Knowledge and understanding · account for different types of social movements in East and South-East Asia in relation to the social, political, and economic diversity of the region. (lu.se)
  • Med unntak av Øst-Timor har landene i Sørøst-Asia dannet det regionale samarbeidsforumet Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), stiftet i 1967. (wikipedia.org)
  • Anchored by Martin Soong and Sri Jegarajah at the Singapore Exchange (SGX), Squawk Box Asia is CNBC's flagship show that sets the news agenda and takes viewers through the pre-game and the opening of Asia's business trading day, covering the top market moving stories and views from the top CEOs, asset managers and newsmakers. (cnbc.com)
  • This printout helps the student do a short report on an Asian country, prompting the student to draw a map of the country, locate it on a map of Asia, draw the country's flag, and write the country's continent, capital city, area, population, name of currency, and language(s). (enchantedlearning.com)
  • The Asia Investment Facility (AIF) promotes investments in Asia that provide access to essential services and infrastructure, create economic opportunities and jobs, with a focus on sustainable development and reducing inequality. (eib.org)
  • Finally, the course discusses the impact of the transition towards a more sustainable and green economy in East Asia. (lu.se)
  • Asia has exhibited economic dynamism (particularly East Asia) as well as robust population growth during the 20th century, but overall population growth has since fallen. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Green Jobs in Asia Project, under The Australian Government - ILO Partnership Agreement (2010-2015) , seeks to deepen ILO constituents understanding and commitments for the promotion of gender sensitive green jobs opportunities and a just transition for workers and employers towards a low-carbon, climate resilient, environmentally friendly development. (ilo.org)
  • This connects the macro economic development with the corporate level and brings the institutional context into the wider analysis of the rapid economic development of East Asia. (lu.se)
  • An important part of the course is to understand and analyze the connection between economic development and security policy that is vital in East Asia. (lu.se)
  • Overall, the course strives to combine a historical perspective with a close look at the present and future economic development and connection to the global economy that is currently shaping the geoeconomic and geopolitical context in East Asia and the broader impact on the global economy. (lu.se)
  • account for the political and social processes involved in movement development in East and South-East-Asia · account for the dynamic relationship between activism, civil society, mobilization, and social movements in East and South-East Asian societies. (lu.se)
  • Participatory training programmes are increasingly applied in Asia for supporting grassroots initiatives in informal economy workplaces to improve safety, health and working conditions. (ilo.org)
  • The lure of the Gateway City: With the cheapest office space per square foot of any city in Asia, and low cost of capital, will this be the next core hotspot in Asia? (terrapinn.com)
  • This course provides a comprehensive overview of social movements in East and South-East Asia. (lu.se)
  • Dedicated to understanding Asia and its role in the world. (asiasociety.org)
  • Asia (/ˈeɪʒə/ , UK also /ˈeɪʃə/) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. (wikipedia.org)
  • The border of Asia with Europe is a historical and cultural construct, as there is no clear physical and geographical separation between them. (wikipedia.org)
  • citation needed] Anaximander placed the boundary between Asia and Europe along the Phasis River (the modern Rioni river) in Georgia of Caucasus (from its mouth by Poti on the Black Sea coast, through the Surami Pass and along the Kura River to the Caspian Sea), a convention still followed by Herodotus in the 5th century BCE. (wikipedia.org)
  • During the Hellenistic period, this convention was revised, and the boundary between Europe and Asia was now considered to be the Tanais (the modern Don River). (wikipedia.org)
  • The border between Asia and Europe was historically defined by European academics. (wikipedia.org)
  • We've known that Netflix was gearing up for its big launch into Asia, starting with Japan. (webpronews.com)