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Während der Marcos-Ära in den vergangenen zwei Dekaden hat sich die philippinische Wirtschaft wenig bzw. nicht mehr weiter entwickelt. Der Autor untersucht die dafür in Frage kommenden Faktoren seit 1980. Er beurteilt dabei, ob eher außen- oder innenpolitische Gründe zu der Wirtschaftskrise des Landes beigetragen haben. - Mit statistischen Übersichten. (DÜI-Xyl)

This book is a compilation of hundreds of reports and articles about the 2004 Asian Tsunami disaster and underlines the fact that global disaster risks are highly concentrated in poor countries. The death toll following the 2004 Asian tsunami - close to 230,000 people - was stunning. The devastation that the tsunami caused highlights the need to strengthen approaches to disaster risk reduction activities across Asia. Summarizing hundreds of reports and articles about the disaster, this book underlines the fact that global disaster risks are highly concentrated in poor countries. And within those countries, it is usually poorer communities who are especially hard-hit when disasters strike. Analysts and administrators involved in disaster response activities from international organizations, NGOs and national governments will find this a unique and important resource for their forward planning. The book will also prove to be invaluable for academics and students studying disaster management and human security, international aid policy, international relations, and Asian economic issues.'

'The Asian Tsunami is designed for all those interested in the issues of aid delivery. However, I do suggest this book should also be essential reading for all politicians and journalists concerned with the issue.'

The purpose of this paper is to place the research project in the context of the ongoing global policy debate with a view to obtaining feedback from the interested parties in shaping the research strategy and facilitating their participation in the process of project implementation. The paper is structured as follows. Section 2 surveys the emerging trends and patterns of processed food exports and their implications for development policy in agricultural-resource rich developing countries. Section 3 paints a broad-brush picture of the current state of the debate on trade-impeding effects of international food-safety standards and the relation world trade rules. Section 4 presents preliminary results from a study-in-progress on inter-country differences in the incidents of import detentions by the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) and the underlying cause of detention. These results aim to inform the discussion on designing appropriate methods and strategies for studying the problems faced by exporting firms in India and Thailand in meeting food-safety standards and designing institutional capabilities to facilitate redressing these problems. A brief survey of the existing literature on the subject is undertaken in Section 5, with a view to placing the present study in context. The research project is discussed in the final section, focusing in turn on its objectives, approach and methodology, and the expected output.