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As Nauru formulates its first ever National Women's Policy with ADB assistance, Nauruan women discuss why the policy is important and the benefits it can bring to the country.
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Why MDBs should include human rights in the development agenda-- Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) are under increasing pressure to respond to calls for greater engagement in human rights. The issue is the extent to which human rights could and should be included in their core agendas.
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Labour Regulations in India: Improving the Social Security Framework
(Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2017-01-30)
An important segment of labour regulations concerns the protection aspects of social security. These regulations provide safety nets or fall back mechanisms to enable workers to cope with crises that affect households from time to time, such as illness, ...
Mongolia Social Protection Sector Fact Sheet
(Asian Development Bank, 2017-06-30)
Due to persistent economic volatility, limited diversification, internal migration, and rapid urbanization, Mongolia currently faces rising inequality, expanding informal sector employment, and increasing vulnerability. This requires continuous focus ...
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Reviving Tourism amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
(Asian Development Bank, 2020-09-16)Singapore, a multiethnic country with one of the highest median incomes in the world, is undergoing a demographic shift. Twenty-five percent of the population is predicted to be aged 65 and older by 2030, versus 14.4% in 2019. This demographic shift ... -
Navigating COVID-19 in Asia and the Pacific
(Asian Development Bank, 2020-09-15)Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has unleashed unparalleled challenges. At the same time, it offers a window to rethink Asia’s most fundamental development policies and strategies to address inequality, socioeconomic vulnerability, and environmental ... -
Innovating Governance: Building Resilience against COVID-19 Pandemic and Other Risks
(Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2020-09-15)The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic is the most challenging public health crisis the world has faced in a century. It has overwhelmed global and national health service and disaster management infrastructure and brought economies to a standstill/halt. ... -
Enduring the Pandemic: Surveys of the Impact of COVID-19 on the Livelihoods of Thai People
(The Asia Foundation, 2020-09-15)The COVID-19 pandemic is leading to a dramatic rollback of economic progress across Southeast Asia. While the region has managed to contain the spread of the virus better than most others, the economic impact on the region has been devastating. Southeast ... -
Asian Development Review Volume 37 Number 2
(Asian Development Bank, 2020-09-15)The Asian Development Review is a journal of the Asian Development Bank and the Asian Development Bank Institute. ADR publishes research on economic and development issues relevant to the Asia and Pacific region. -
Ramifications of Covid-19 in the Western Balkans
(Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey, 2020-09-15)Like many regions across the globe, the Western Balkans is struggling with the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The region’s most salient problems of prolonged political instability, economic stagnation, and emigration of its best and brightest, ... -
Asian Development Outlook 2020 Update: Wellness in Worrying Times
(Asian Development Bank, 2020-09-14)Developing Asia has suffered as the COVID-19 pandemic persists. Growth, trade, and tourism collapsed in 2020, leading to the region’s first economic contraction in nearly 6 decades. Governments across Asia acted quickly to contain the virus and its ... -
Asian Development Outlook 2020 Update: Theme Chapter: Wellness in Worrying Times
(Asian Development Bank, 2020-09-14)Developing Asia has suffered as the COVID-19 pandemic persists. Growth, trade, and tourism collapsed in 2020, leading to the region’s first economic contraction in nearly 6 decades. Governments across Asia acted quickly to contain the virus and its ... -
Asian Development Outlook 2020 Update: Wellness in Worrying Times; Highlights
(Asian Development Bank, 2020-09-14)Developing Asia has suffered as the COVID-19 pandemic persists. Growth, trade, and tourism collapsed in 2020, leading to the region’s first economic contraction in nearly 6 decades. Governments across Asia acted quickly to contain the virus and its ... -
Piloting Practice Supervision for the Government Counseling Cadre Lessons and Reflections from Two Pilot Locations in Sri Lanka
(The Asia Foundation, 2020-09-13)In 2005, following the recommendations of the Mental Health Policy of 2005 - 2015, a cadre of Counseling Assistants (CAs) were introduced to the Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and Social Welfare. The Ministry portfolio has been revised many times since ...