Trends in Globalization of Select Asian Countries

Globalization and Asian Fordisms

Compared to Europe, however, there is a considerable lag of institutional and political integration. An Asian Union like the European Union is not likely, not to mention the unreasonable fiction of a United States of Asia. Facing the dynamics of modern globalization, we have to look at the global region of the Asias from two different, but interlinked perspectives. First, emerging new globaliza...

Working Paper No. 2010/70 Globalization and exclusionary Urban Growth in Asian Countries

This paper overviews the debate on the relationship between the measures of globalization, economic growth and pace of urbanization, and speculates on its impact on the quality of life and poverty in the context of Asian countries. After experiencing moderate to high urban growth for three to four decades since the 1950s, most of these countries have reported a significant deceleration. This qu...

Globalization of Financial Markets and the Asian Crisis: Some Lessons for Third World Developing Countries

How Far Behind Are the South Asian Countries in Relation to East Asian

We define as South Asian countries those countries that start with Iran and end with Bangladesh in Asia. Wethen use export statistics in terms of revealed comparative advantage (RCA) for 14 industrial sectors tomeasure distances of export capabilities for these countries in relation to the “Western” developed and EastAsian countries. Statistical methods such as multidimensional scaling and ...

Distribution and clinal trends of the ABO and Rh genes in select Middle Eastern countries.

An understanding of the ABO and Rh blood group systems is important for blood transfusions and is also pertinent due to their potential association with certain morbidities and susceptibilities to infections. To investigate the diversity and differentiation of the ABO and Rh loci in Middle Eastern populations, data from twelve representative Middle Eastern populations were analyzed. Six populat...