Thailand Confidential

Author : Jerry Hopkins
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462900240
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thailand Confidential written by Jerry Hopkins and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Wanna stand in the face of a charging elephant, get hit by a motorcycle, eat giant water bugs, blowtorch your mouth on some of the hottest chili peppers on earth, then go watch a sex change operation? Of course you don't, but, happily, Jerry Hopkins has done all that and more—lots more—in this darkly humorous, deeply affectionate, clear-eyed but never patronizing portrait of Thailand, his adopted home. Highly recommended." —Tim Cahill, author of Lost in My Own Backyard, Hold the Enlightenment and Jaguars Ripped My Flesh "After over a decade in the country, Hopkins knows and loves his subject dearly—that much is obvious—and his vivid portrait projects that love from every page." —Jann Wenner, editor and founder of Rolling Stone Magazine "A loving expose of everything that's wonderful about Thailand, and much that isn't. Should be required reading for all newcomers." —Joe Cummings, author of the Lonely Planet Thailand Guide Writer Jerry Hopkins came to Thailand for a visit in the 1980s, and ended up a permanent resident with a temporary visa—a big, white farang haunting the bars and back alleys of Bangkok. His essays explore the mystery and mayhem of "The Land of Smiles" to hilarious—and sometimes disturbing—effect. Travel with him to a place where whisky is rum, water buffaloes are gay, insects are dinner, dildos are lucky charms, and your wildest adolescent fantasies can come true (for a nominal fee).

Author : International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1513517597
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thailand written by International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2019-10-24 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Detailed Assessment of Observance on the Basel Core Principles (BCP) for effective banking supervision on Thailand highlights that there have been significant enhancements to the legal framework and the supervisory process since the last BCP review, resulting in high compliance. The commercial banking sector appears to be sound and stable with a diversified lending profile and a steady source of funding. The involvement of other ministerial authorities in Specialized Financial Institutions supervision may affect standard-setting processes and the mindset of key decision makers for commercial banks when trying to level regulatory standards. The supervisory framework and practices provide the foundation for the continued development of risk-based supervision. Notifications and examination manuals increasingly focus on analysis of qualitative factors such as governance, risk management and risk appetite statements to determine the bank’s composite rating. The report recommends that efficiency of enforcement actions would be increased by aligning Financial Institutions Business Act requirements and Bank of Thailand internal practices.

Author : World Trade Organization
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521885566
Total Pages : 579 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dispute Settlement Reports 2005 written by World Trade Organization and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-08-30 with total page 579 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authorized, paginated WTO Dispute Settlement Reports in English: cases for 2005.

Author : Michelle T. Grando
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019957264X
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evidence, Proof, and Fact-Finding in WTO Dispute Settlement written by Michelle T. Grando and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-12-24 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel formulates its conclusions with respect to the facts of a dispute brought before it. It does so by discussing the legal concepts which shape the process of fact-finding, analysing the approach taken by panels thus far and offering suggestions for improvement.

Author : Randall Hansen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197657710
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book War, Work, and Want written by Randall Hansen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-08-29 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An expansive history of how an economic shock a half century ago created a world that is addicted to mass migration. The oil shock of 1973 changed everything. It brought the golden age of American and European economic growth to an end; it destabilized Middle Eastern politics; and it set in train processes that led to over one hundred million unexpected--and unwanted--immigrants. In War, Work, and Want, Randall Hansen asks why, against all expectations, global migration tripled after 1970. The answer, he argues, lies in how the OPEC Oil crisis transformed the global economy, Middle Eastern geopolitics and, as a consequence, international migration. The quadrupling of oil prices and attendant inflation destroyed economic growth in the West while flooding the Middle East with oil money. American and European consumers, their wealth drained, rebuilt their standard of living on the back of cheap labor--and cheap migrants. The Middle East enjoyed the benefits of a historic wealth transfer, but oil became a poisoned chalice leading to political instability, revolution, and war, all of which resulted in tens of millions of refugees. The economic, and migratory, consequences of the OPEC oil crisis transformed the contours of domestic politics around the world. They fueled the growth of nationalist-populist parties that built their brands on blaming immigrants for collapsing standards of living, willfully ignoring the fact that mass immigration was the effect, not the cause, of that collapse. In showing how war (the main driver of refugee flows), work (labor migrants), and want (the desire for ever cheaper products made by migrants) led to the massive upsurge in global migration after 1973, this book will reshape our understanding of the past half-century of global history.

Author : Arman Sarvarian
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199679460
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Professional Ethics at the International Bar written by Arman Sarvarian and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-26 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The number of practitioners appearing before international courts, tribunals, and arbitral panels has risen sharply in the last decade, prompting concerns over ethics and best practice standards. This book assesses these issues, and argues that common ethical standards will be key to maintaining the integrity of the international judicial system.

Author : International Trade Law Center
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387226885
Total Pages : 3117 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The World Trade Organization written by International Trade Law Center and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-12-31 with total page 3117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The editors have succeeded in bringing together an excellent mix of leading scholars and practitioners. No book on the WTO has had this wide a scope before or covered the legal framework, economic and political issues, current and would-be countries and a outlook to the future like these three volumes do. 3000 pages, 80 chapters in 3 volumes cover a very interdiscplinary field that touches upon law, economics and politics.

Author : Bruno Zanettin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1847311377
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cooperation Between Antitrust Agencies at the International Level written by Bruno Zanettin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2002-10-22 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The issue of international antitrust enforcement is high on the agenda for both developed and developing countries. Bilateral cooperation between antitrust agencies, in particular the European Commission and US agencies, is the focus of this new work. It first shows how bilateral cooperation was developed as a response to the limits of the unilateral and extraterritorial application of national competition laws, and how it has evolved from an instrument initially designed to avoid conflicts into a tool aimed at coordinating joint investigations of international competition cases. It then considers how bilateral cooperation could be used optimally, by analysing two forms of advanced cooperation: the exchange of confidential information, and positive comity, which is the only satisfactory answer competition law can provide to market access cases. It shows that the use of such instruments is limited by significant legal and political obstacles, even in the context of the exemplary EC US relationship. The book therefore argues that the efficient use of bilateral cooperation will be limited to a small number of well-established competition agencies. If international anticompetitive practices are to be efficiently addressed by an increasingly large and heterogeneous group of competition agencies, horizontal cooperation between antitrust agencies must be complemented by a multilateral and supranational solution going beyond proposals currently put forward. The book concludes that only the WTO and its dispute settlement system could provide the basis for such a system.

Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Index of Audit Reports Issued to the Congress, Its Committees and Members on Department of Defense Activities written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Adam E Casey
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 1541604024
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Up in Arms written by Adam E Casey and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2024-04-02 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How support from foreign superpowers propped up—and pulled down—authoritarian regimes during the Cold War, offering lessons for today’s great power competition Throughout the Cold War, the United States and Soviet Union competed to prop up friendly dictatorships abroad. Today, it is commonly assumed that this military aid enabled the survival of allied autocrats, from Taiwan’s Chiang Kai-shek to Ethiopia’s Mengistu Haile Mariam. In Up in Arms, political scientist Adam E. Casey rebuts the received wisdom: aid to autocracies often backfired during the Cold War. Casey draws on extensive original research to show that, despite billions poured into friendly regimes, US-backed dictators lasted in power no longer than those without outside help. In fact, American aid often unintentionally destabilized autocratic regimes. The United States encouraged foreign regimes to establish strong, independent armies like its own, but those armies often went on to lead coups themselves. By contrast, the Soviets promoted the subordination of the army to the ruling regime, neutralizing the threat of military takeover. Ultimately, Casey concludes, it is subservient militaries—not outside aid—that help autocrats maintain power. In an era of renewed great power competition, Up in Arms offers invaluable insights into the unforeseen consequences of overseas meddling, revealing how military aid can help pull down dictators as often as it props them up.