Rice Yield Distribution and Risk Assessment in South Asian Countries: A Statistical Investigation

rice yield distribution and risk assessment in south asian countries: a statistical investigation

in the last decades, rice yields in south asian countries grew tremendously in one hand and a noticeable yield fluctuation on the other. the objective of this study was to examine the rice yield distributions, estimate yield risks at country level, and compare risks between five countries namely afghanistan, bangladesh, nepal, sri lanka, and pakistan. anderson darling (ad) test was applied to t...

Health impact assessment needs in south-east Asian countries.

A situation analysis was undertaken to assess impediments to health impact assessment (HIA) in the South-East Asia Region of WHO (SEARO). The countries of the region were assessed on the policy framework and procedures for HIA, existing infrastructure required to support HIA, the capacity for undertaking HIA, and the potential for intersectoral collaboration. The findings show that environmenta...

How Far Behind Are the South Asian Countries in Relation to East Asian

We define as South Asian countries those countries that start with Iran and end with Bangladesh in Asia. Wethen use export statistics in terms of revealed comparative advantage (RCA) for 14 industrial sectors tomeasure distances of export capabilities for these countries in relation to the “Western” developed and EastAsian countries. Statistical methods such as multidimensional scaling and ...

social development in central asian countries: a statistical comparison

fair distribution of resources among various parts of the society and attention to social development in terms of providing primary educational and health facilities will bring about lasting effects on the countries' development. this paper tries to study social structures in five central asian nations. to do this, growth in sectors like health, education and percentage of state expenditur...

Food Security in South and South East Asian Countries

Assessment of Cardiovascular Disease Risk in South Asian Populations

Although South Asian populations have high cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden in the world, their patterns of individual CVD risk factors have not been fully studied. None of the available algorithms/scores to assess CVD risk have originated from these populations. To explore the relevance of CVD risk scores for these populations, literature search and qualitative synthesis of available eviden...