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Jeet Bahadur Sapkota
GIARI Research Assistants Fiscal Year 2009

Area: Philadelphia, USA
Date: 03/23/2010 - 03/30/2010
Research Objectives:
The Association for Asian Studies (AAS) is a scholarly organization based in USA, which was founded in 1941. With approximately 7,000 members worldwide, representing all the regions and countries of Asia and all academic disciplines, the AAS is the oldest and largest organization of its kind. With the help of GIARI's investigative support scheme I was able to present my paper in the Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast (ASPAC), one of the regional conferences of AAS, in June 2009 and the paper was awarded by the ASPAC Esterline Graduate Student Best Paper Award. As the recognition of the award winner, I was invited by the Council of Conference of the AAS to present my paper in the Annual Conference in Philadelphia in panel no. 250 namely; "New Voices of Asian Studies: Selected Graduate Student Papers from AAS Regional Conferences".

Thus, major objective of this investigative research is to present the research paper, entitled "Globalization and Quality of Life (QOL) Convergence in Asia: Evidence from the KOF Index of Globalization" in the Annual Meeting 2010 of the Association for Asian Studies in Philadelphia.

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Nguyen Thuy Anh
GIARI Research Assistant Fiscal Year 2009

Area: Hanoi, Vietnam
Date: 02/02/2010 - 03/26/2010
Research Objectives:
The main purpose of this trip is to collect data and information on relevant policies, programs/activities related to internationalization of Vietnam's higher educational system in general and Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU) and its member institutions in particular. Another objective of the trip is to interview with faculty members and administrators at VNU and the Ministry of Education and Training on their perceptions, evaluation and expectation about the internationalization process which is taking place at this institution and in Vietnam.

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