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Open AccessUrbanization can help reduce income inequality
The global community has been confronted with rising income inequality, in particular, for those least developed countries (LDCs), since the same level of inequality as in advanced countries would push many LD...
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Open AccessArsenite exposure inhibits the erythroid differentiation of human hematopoietic progenitor CD34+ cells and causes decreased levels of hemoglobin
Arsenic exposure poses numerous threats to human health. Our previous work in mice has shown that arsenic causes anemia by inhibiting erythropoiesis. However, the impacts of arsenic exposure on human erythropo...
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The Poverty-Growth-Inequality Triangle: Asia 1960s to 2010s
The main objective of this paper is to disentangle the poverty-growth-inequality triangle for Asia, its sub-regions and individual economies by constructing poverty and inequality profiles, decomposing poverty...
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Open AccessInhibition of red blood cell development by arsenic-induced disruption of GATA-1
Anemia is a hematological disorder that adversely affects the health of millions of people worldwide. Although many variables influence the development and exacerbation of anemia, one major contributing factor...
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Income distribution and health: can polarization explain health outcomes better than inequality?
Utilizing data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) from 1991 to 2011, we aim to analyze the effects of income distribution on two risks for chronic diseases: body mass index (BMI) and blood press...
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Correction to: Internal Migration, Urbanization, and Poverty in Asia: Dynamics and Interrelationships
The original version of the book unfortunately contained mistakes. The version has been corrected.
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Introduction
The purpose of this book is to provide a dynamic portrayal of internal migration, urbanization, and poverty in Asia. It comprises papers presented and critically reviewed at an Asian Development Bank workshop hel...
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Walkability in urban landscapes: a comparative study of four large cities in China
Walkability is an important element for assessing the sustainability of urban landscapes. There are increased concerns that as the world becomes more urbanized, cities become less walkable.
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Introduction and Summary to Poverty Reduction Policies and Practices in Develo** Asia
A sustained rapid economic growth to reduce multidimensional poverty is a policy challenge facing develo** Asia and the globe. This book is a joint effort to analyze poverty reduction in Asia. The focus is o...
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Introduction
In 2007, half of the world population became urban. Some countries have managed urbanization well in terms of providing a reasonable level of public services and infrastructure. Some other countries, however, ...
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Urbanization and the Environment: An Asian Perspective
This chapter tackles two growing concerns—environmental sustainability and rapid urbanization. Asia is home to almost half of the global urban population and is urbanizing at a pace faster than any other regio...
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Southern growth engines and technology giants: introduction
Fast-growing develo** countries have emerged as an important destination and source of trade, investments and technology. Furthermore, trade between develo** countries has grown rapidly over the last decad...
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The Rise of China and India: Lessons and Implications for Global Development
This book comprehensively analyses the sources, trends and consequences of the rise of China and India as global, economic and political powers. The volume focuses on the role of productivity, labour, private ...
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Firm Location Choice in Cities: Evidence from China and India
It is well known that the economies of China and India have performed remarkably well recently. To some extent, the growth of the global economy is critically dependent on the rate of growth in China and India...
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Functional genomics and SNP analysis of human genes encoding proline metabolic enzymes
Proline metabolism in mammals involves two other amino acids, glutamate and ornithine, and five enzymatic activities, Δ1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate (P5C) reductase (P5CR), proline oxidase, P5C dehydrogenase, P5C syn...
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Open AccessDiscovering sources of inequality in transition economies: a case study of rural Vietnam
Applying the recently developed inequality accounting framework, we quantify contributions of fundamental variables to consumption inequality in rural Vietnam. It is found that major determinants of the inequa...
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