ADB

Egyértelmű kritériumok és világos keretrendszer hiányában nehéz részletes statisztikákat készíteni az Övezet és Út Kezdeményezéshez köthető beruházási projektekről. Kína nemzetközi fejlesztési finanszírozási gyakorlatát egyre több kritika éri – elsősorban az eladósodott országok kapcsán –, amelyekben „adósságcsapda-diplomáciával” vádolják az ázsiai országot. Bár a Kezdeményezés várhatóan nem okoz rendszerszintű adósságproblémákat az érintett régiókban, vannak olyan országok, amelyek területet vagy infrastruktúrát voltak kénytelenek átengedni Kínának, mivel nem tudták fizetni az adósságukat. Ázsiában Japán több évtizedes múlttal rendelkezik az infrastruktúra-fejlesztés finanszírozása terén, és átláthatóbb feltételrendszer mellett kínál pénzügyi forrásokat, mint Kína.

Goreczky Péter elemzése

1. Export Potential Index
1.1. Export Performance Index
1.1.1. Revealed Comparative Advantage Indicator
1.1.2. Growth of Revealed Comparative Advantage Indicator
1.2. The World Demand Index
1.2.1. Share of World Exports Indicator
1.2.2. Growth of Share of World Exports Indicator

2. Market Attractiveness Index
2.1. Market Demand Index
2.1.1. Market Size (import value)
2.1.2. Trade Balance
2.1.3. Market Growth (import growth)
2.1.4. Change in Trade Balance
2.1.5. Market Prospects (GDP growth forecast)
2.2. Market Access Index
2.2.1. Distance Advantage
2.2.2. Total Exports from the Country to the Market
2.2.3. Relative Preferential Tariff Margin

DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.12503.47527

Scholarly narratives concerning China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)
tend to contextualise this project within China’s rivalry with the
United States and Japan. Such interpretations often reduce and
misconstrue Japan’s initiatives in Asian infrastructure finance as
mere reactivity to China’s advances. This paper will showcase
Japan’s own foreign and financial policies regarding infrastructure
in Asia and the New Silk Road regions since the end of the Cold
War. I argue that Japan’s presence in that field is
underappreciated and under-researched, as Japan’s infrastructural
footprint in the New Silk Road significantly pre-dates the BRI.
Furthermore, I stress the fact that Japan’s foreign policy in Asian
infrastructure finance featured important cooperative postures
toward China, especially within multilateral development banks.
The paper makes a contribution to emerging scholarship on the
BRI—often reliant on strategic communications and projections—
by highlighting Japan’s role in regional infrastructure to show how
our understanding of international relations and international
political economy in Asia can be better informed by economic
history and area studies.

This Project deals with the forensic analysis of Social Networking applications viz. Whisper, Snapchat and Hike Messenger on Android smartphones. With the increase in the use of smartphones for social networking, a plethora of information of the users’ activities is stored within the devices. Many occasions that relate to serious incidents may end up in Court. These activities can be used by forensic investigators as evidence during the investigations of such occasions. This project will involve investigating the smartphone of a “suspect” in an investigation and scanning the device for evidence that could tie the suspect with the crime. To summarise, the primary objective of this project is to investigate if it is possible to use evidence from social networking activity on a phone to support a forensic investigation in court or otherwise to document the challenges of doing so.

The fruit of my struggle to pin down what people might legitimately be talking about when they speak of "capacity development," the term that replaced "capacity building." Written in 2010, but modified after that; most recently in June 2022. The earlier upload had 12 views by the time I replaced it with this.

The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) support for the development of the clean energy sector in Asia and the Pacific is examined, together with its implications for mitigating climate change. A key question is whether financing has shifted from fossil fuel projects to renewable energy and energy efficiency in the past decade (2000– 2009). Financial data from the ADB – a multilateral source of significant financing in the region – are assessed, and 127 technology-deploying projects and 199 technical assistance projects are evaluated. The assessment suggests that clean energy assistance has gained momentum during the last few years, peaking in 2008, implying a considerable shift in energy investments from conventional fossil-fuel projects to clean energy. Although private sector involvement has been central to the ADB’s investment policy, only 30% of funding has been channelled into this sector over the past decade. The reporting of clean energy investments has also progressed within the ADB by including renewable and energy efficiency components in conventional energy projects and other investments, which was not previously accounted for. Nevertheless, the ADB needs to address several challenges in the future, including sustaining funding for clean energy, strengthening private sector investments and improving financial reporting.

The Asian Development Bank has in 2015 published a major investigation into the consequences of climate change for South East Asia. It is most read worthy, making hard and dismal projections for these economic miracles. But its suggested remedy-carbon sequestration-is not acceptable. The South East Asian economies should move to solar power and electrical vehicles. South East Asia must comply with the COP21 Treaty and start its implementation now. No time for politicking in the UN any longer (Conca, 2015; Vogler, 2016)!