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Despite slow progress on public infrastructure projects and falling gross foreign reserves, the Maldives is continuing to forecast strong growth as long as political problems don't get in the way. While South Asian economies showed strong GDP growth in recent years, growth in 2019 ended up being lower than expected. The risk profile for most South Asian nations is assessed to be low, as they are commodity importing and their growth is forecasted to be driven by domestic demand. Risk primarily remains dependent on domestic factors and can be mitigated at the individual level in a timely manner.

The Center is aimed at strengthening the collective response of ASEAN states to regional disasters. On 17 November, Brazil acceded to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia, making it the first Latin American country to do so. The EAS released a statement on non-proliferation, emphasizing the importance of advancing the goals of all three pillars of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons . On 12 April, during the 17th meeting of the ASEAN-China Joint Cooperation Committee , the two sides renewed commitments to forge greater cooperation. Secretary-General Minh welcomed Ambassador An and reiterated the importance of working toward peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula.

South Asia: Less Vulnerable To Global Financial Turmoil

China, India, Russia, and Indonesia are the continent’s most productive mining economies. At the 5th Ministerial Meeting in Manila from 24 to 25 July, the Foreign Ministers of ASEAN issued a Joint Communiqué in which they reiterated that signature of the SEANWFZ Protocol by the NWS would equal a pledge of support for nuclear disarmament and nuclear-weapon-free zones. The Communiqué also addressed the nuclear tests by India and Pakistan, by stating their view that the recent tests in South Asia were not conducive to the full realization of the Treaty. Also on 8 October, both the People’s Republic of China and India formally acceded to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia, with the ASEAN member countries issuing a declaration of consent to this accession.

Gender And Development: Labor Force Participation In 2020

The Dubai Metro system is the first urban train network on the Arabian Peninsula. Russia has oil reserves in Siberia, and massive natural gas reserves throughout the Arctic. Russia is the world’s largest producer of natural gas, and the largest supplier of natural gas to Europe. Russia has not aggressively drilled in the Arctic Ocean, but engineers say the area holds millions of barrels of oil and gas reserves.

Indeed other factors, such as decreases in spouse mortality and reduced durations in breastfeeding, would probably have led to rising marital fertility in the absence of increased contraceptive practice. This is due primarily to the presence of the world's two most populous countries, China and India, which have 1.44 and 1.38 billion people respectively. Links to multiple guides (including Chinese Studies Resources and Services @ Pitt) -- which introduce major Chinese print and electronic resources accessible to Pitt-affiliated users.

South And Central Asian Affairs: Countries And Other Areas

The order of the next three countries, Canada, the United States, and China, varies a bit depending upon two variables. First, whether the ranking counts land area or total area, which also includes certain bodies of water such as rivers, lakes, and coastal waters. And second, whether China's area should include only the mainland or also its territory Taiwan and Special Administrative Regions Hong Kong and Macau, all three of which would likely be independent countries if not for China's influence at the United Nations. This guide features selected high-quality resources on the global, political, economic, social and cultural aspects of the continent of Asia and its countries. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People’s Republic of China, and to the south, east and the west by the Republic of India.

The language gained its’ official recognition in 1952, when people of Bangaldesh became active to achieve their rights to speak in their mother tongue, which led to the language movement. In tribute to the Language Movement and the ethno-linguistic rights of people around the world, 21st February was declared as International Mother Language Day in 1999. The total area of Asia, including Asian Russia but excluding the island of New Guinea, amounts to some 17,226,200 square miles , roughly one-third of the land surface of Earth. The islands—including Taiwan, those of Japan and Indonesia, Sakhalin and other islands of Asian Russia, Sri Lanka, Cyprus, and numerous smaller islands—together constitute 1,240,000 square miles , about 7 percent of the total. Everyone around the globe relies on natural resources to support their lives as well as their local and national economies. However, not all communities have access to the same kinds of resources in the same amounts.

The Bali Regional Ministerial Meeting on Counter-Terrorism, co-hosted by Australia and Indonesia, met on 4-5 February. The 1st East Asia Summit was convened on 14 December, with a view to establishing closer and substantial relations between the member countries of ASEAN and the participating countries of India, China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and the Republic of Korea. A landmark event was the signing of a Declaration on the Establishment of the ASEAN Charter by its leaders.

Hyderabad, India, the capital city of the state of Andhra Pradesh, has a population of more than 5 million people. Nicknamed “Cyberabad,” the city has developed into one of the world’s major hubs for information technology, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical production. Hyderabad has aggressively promoted its skilled labor force and cheap investment opportunities. In fact, the city inaugurated a township known as HITEC City in 1998 in order to attract international IT firms. Today, HITEC hosts offices from an array of national and international IT companies, including Oracle Corporation, General Electric, and Microsoft.

Based on a global survey in 2006, Bhutan was rated as the happiest country in Asia and the eighth-happiest in the world. Besides Bengali, English is also used as a second language among the middle and upper classes and is widely used in higher education and legal system. Gulf of ThailandIsland resort in the Gulf of Thailand off the coast of southern Thailand. The Greeks used it to designate the lands situated to the east of their homeland.

It envisioned a Southeast Asia free from nuclear weapons, with all the NWS committed to the purposes of the SANWFZ Treaty through their adherence to its Protocol. It also envisioned the region to be free from all other WMD, and the ASEAN Regional Forum as an established means for confidence-building and preventive diplomacy and for promoting conflict-resolution. On 17 November, ASEAN and the United States issued a Joint Vision Statement on the ASEAN-US Enhanced Partnership whereby they pledged to step up cooperation in key areas spanning political, security, social, economic, and development spheres. On 5-10 August, the 47th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting was held in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. In the meeting, the delegates addressed the importance of nuclear nonproliferation, the commitment to Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone and the cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency .