With the improvement in living standard and better health facilities, among others, the life expectancy in the Maldives now stands at 76 years. This suggests an increase in the elderly population in the country. However, most of these senior citizens,…
Over the years, many seafarers have visited the Maldives, some cast ashore by shipwreck. As a result, Maldives is referred by Indian, Arab, Chinese, and even Roman sources. Yet, few well-known foreign scholars have systematically studied the Maldives.Foreign scholars who…
Izu Consultancy is working with the island Council of Holhuhdoo to submit a project proposal to the Embassy of Japan in the Maldives under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP). The purpose of the project proposal is…
I am very thankful to ‘Team Kaiho Sangyo’ for accepting me to learn about Automotive Recycling. I was hosted at their International Recycling Education Centre (IREC). On 5th September, following an introductory meeting with the President of the Company Mr.…
A new region-based comparative global history emerged when Jones (1981) compared Europe with three Asian empires (China, Japan, and India for 1400-1800), thus, recent research has explored economic history without being Eurocentric (Sugihara, 2014). For example, in his book on…
