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Economics of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in South Asia
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 227

Economics of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in South Asia

Against a backdrop of increasing emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) that are responsible for global climate change, the South Asia developing member countries (DMCs) of the Asian Development Bank have been witnessing a steady rise in fossil fuels and energy consumption and demand, keeping pace with their economic growth. The region's major challenge is how to achieve sustained and rapid economic growth for reducing poverty while reducing the overall intensity of energy use, increasing energy efficiency, and substituting to cleaner energy. This report synthesizes the results of national studies on options and costs of reducing GHG emissions in five South Asia DMCs---Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. It examines the economics of cleaner technologies that promote low-carbon development and climate change mitigation, identifies constraints and barriers that reduce incentives to invest in GHG emission-reducing technologies, and recommends actions and enabling conditions to overcome the barriers.

Status and Potential for the Development of Biofuels and Rural Renewable Energy
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 161

Status and Potential for the Development of Biofuels and Rural Renewable Energy

This report contains a detailed assessment of the status and potential for the development of biofuels in Cambodia and presents a country strategy for biofuels development consistent with the Greater Mekong Subregion Regional Strategic Framework for Biofuel Development. The findings were endorsed at the Fifth Meeting of the Greater Mekong Subregion Working Group on Agriculture on 22-24 September 2008 in Vientiane, the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

Integrating Biofuel and Rural Renewable Energy Production in Agriculture for Poverty Reduction in the Greater Mekong Subregion
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 107

Integrating Biofuel and Rural Renewable Energy Production in Agriculture for Poverty Reduction in the Greater Mekong Subregion

This report contains the Greater Mekong Subregion Regional Strategic Framework for Biofuel Development. It also presents the executive summaries of this report, the individual biofuel study reports for the six member countries, and the biofuel modeling study. The findings were endorsed at the Fifth Meeting of the Greater Mekong Subregion Working Group on Agriculture on 22-24 September 2008 in Vientiane, the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

Toward Guidelines on Running Multi-country, Multi-site Projects
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 17
Proceedings of International Joint Conference on Advances in Computational Intelligence
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 551

Proceedings of International Joint Conference on Advances in Computational Intelligence

This book gathers outstanding research papers presented at the International Joint Conference on Advances in Computational Intelligence (IJCACI 2020), organized by Daffodil International University (DIU) and Jahangirnagar University (JU) in Bangladesh and South Asian University (SAU) in India. These proceedings present novel contributions in the areas of computational intelligence and offer valuable reference material for advanced research. The topics covered include collective intelligence, soft computing, optimization, cloud computing, machine learning, intelligent software, robotics, data science, data security, big data analytics, and signal and natural language processing.

Strengthening, empowering and sustaining small-scale aquaculture farmers’ associations
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 194

Strengthening, empowering and sustaining small-scale aquaculture farmers’ associations

This technical paper presents three major sets of information resource: (i) five case studies from five Asian countries, (ii) the synthesis of the case studies and (iii) the report of the regional workshop that reviewed the case studies and the draft synthesis of the case study reports, provided additional science-based, professional, and experiential information, and developed recommendations to strengthen, empower and sustain organizations of small-scale fish farmers and related aquaculture-based enterprises.

Acoustical Imaging
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 842

Acoustical Imaging

This volume contains the proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on Acoustical Imaging held in Cannes, France, October 12th through the 16th, 1980. Fifty-seven papers were presented over the course of the four day meeting. Fifty-two manuscripts were received in time for publication of the proceedings. There was representation from 14 nations, including England, France, U.S.A., West Germany, Canada, Italy, Japan, Poland, The Netherlands and Norway among the authors and in addition, Switzerland, Spain, Belgium, and Denmark were represented. The following papers were presented at the meeting for which manuscripts were not received in time for publication: "Improved Phased Array Imaging...

Read! (the Reality Behind Muhammad's First Revelation)
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 194

Read! (the Reality Behind Muhammad's First Revelation)

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2014-12-12
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  • Publisher: Allah

"READ!" The Reality Behind Muhammad's First Revelation: The first verse and command of the Quran is 'READ'! But how did this command reach Muhammad (saw) and what did he feel at that moment? How did the angel Gabriel (as) come to him, ask him to 'READ' and 'squeeze' him; what was this experience like for Muhammad (saw)? In this book I hope to present you with a totally unique perspective. As the title suggests, I'm going to explore 'what Muhammad (saw) read' - not literally, but actually...

Assessment, management and future directions for coastal fisheries in Asian countries
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1076

Assessment, management and future directions for coastal fisheries in Asian countries

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2003-12-08
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  • Publisher: WorldFish

In Asia, the fisheries sector is important in terms of food security, livelihoods and foreign exchange earnings. However, as in many parts of the world, there are signs that capture fisheries are fully exploited or overfished. Management of fisheries in the region is often hampered by lack of information on the status of fisheries in terms of biological, social, economic, policy and governance aspects. This regional project documents an alarming decline on coastal fishery resources, based on historic research surveys in South and Southeast Asia. Socio-economic analyses and policy reviews highlight the importance of the fisheries sector but also the challenges facing it. Potential interventions to improve fisheries management in the countries are outlined and defined with environmental, socioeconomic and institutional objectives.

Making Money Work
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 209

Making Money Work

The new sustainable development agenda is expected to touch every country, person, and activity. Therefore, shouldn't every dollar count toward achieving it? Asia and the Pacific, home to more than half of humanity, has the money to improve the lives of all its people, and protect the planet in fair and durable ways. However, funds are in many hands, invested elsewhere, or used for various purposes. It is time to move beyond this fragmentation and align finance behind sustainable development, recognizing that while capital will be key, so will the capacity to apply and attract it effectively. This report explores some of the ways forward. It highlights not just the need to inject more money into investments that contribute to sustainable development, but also the need to attract funds toward them---to finance human needs, infrastructure, and cross-border public goods. The report spans public and private options, in their distinct roles and in combination. An eight-point agenda suggests how key constituents can do their parts. Working together, they can make money work for development where benefits are not only more equitably shared, but will last for generations to come.