In Southwest Asia, the main area of production is along the borders of Afghanistan and Pakistan in an area known as the Golden Crescent. In Southeast Asia, Myanmar is the major opium producing country. This area is known as the Golden Triangle (where Myanmar, Thailand, and Laos join). In...
For example, in Southeast Asia, Thailand created Self-help Settlements for Hill Tribes and proposed an economic development plan to alleviate poverty and promote economic growth among ethnic minorities in the northern mountains through resettlement. Laos’ development policy also prioritizes the relocation...
Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on heroin production, focusing on: (1) the reason for the discrepancy between the published production estimates of Afghanistan's 1999 opium poppy crop by the U.S. government and the United Nations Drug Control Program (UNDCP); (2)...
Smoking has a substantial impact on deaths from non-communicable chronic diseases (NCDs). Quantitatively measuring the impact of tobacco control on population health is of great theoretical and practical importance, for governments to make health policy
Further, the fact that diabetes was more prevalent in participants with high annual household income, and with good access to medical service and high SEP in both 2013 and 2022, which line with findings from our country and other developing nations [18, 38], despite experiencing swift economic...
Women’s participation in water management institutions (WMOs) is seen as a vehicle for women empowerment and gender equity. However, the extent of wo
7). The correlation between P2O5 and the independent variables is similar to that of N. Pesticide had a negative correlation with AA and DT and a positive correlation with PI, PS, PI, PG, NATTR, and AEE, and it was not significantly different from DT and TSG. Similarly, the older the...
UNODC. Country report submitted by China to the Thirty-eighth Meeting of Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies, Asia and the Pacific (2014). World Drug Report 2016. (United Nations Office On Drugs And Crime, Vienna, 2016). Bao, Y. P. et al. Club drug use and associated high...
Small scale fisheries (SSFs) are critically important to the nutritional and economic security of developing nations [1], [2]. They contribute to over half of global fish and invertebrate catch in developing countries [3] and generate employment for 90% of the 120 million people working in the...
Warm Up: Briefly explain why nations trade with one another. TODAY WE WILL: Foreign Exchange Rates/Exercise Environmental Issues ANSWERS E.Q. Answers for Thursday December 6, 2018: Each country has their own currency or money. Different currencies have different values. In international trade, co...