This paper describes our ongoing project under international research collaboration between Japan (National Institute of Informatics) and Thailand (Asian Institute of Technology) for the collection of typhoon image data and the establishment of typhoon information databases. Statistics on past typhoon records reveal that approximately one thirds of the typhoons formed in the Northwest Pacific b...

This Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF. The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF or IMF policy. Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to further debate. The paper evaluates the South Asia Free Trade Agreement (SAFT...

The idea of the South Asia Rinderpest Eradication Campaign (SAREC) evolved alongside similar campaigns in Africa (PARC) and West Asia (WAREC). In 1983, FAO organized an Expert Consultation on Requirements for the Rinderpest Eradication Campaign in South Asia, which was held in India. Following the consultation, FAO commissioned a team to visit the five countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Ne...

Pachyseius anisimovi sp. nov. is described based on specimens from soil and litter in the Altai Mountains and the West and East Sayan Mountains in South Siberia, Russia. A key to ten Pachyseius species known from Asia is provided. 

The complete genome of a foot-and-mouth disease type O virus originating from an epidemic in Greece in 1994 is reported. This virus belongs to the Middle East-South Asia topotype.