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The Asia Foundation’s Afghanistan Flash Surveys on Perceptions of Peace, Covid-19, and the Economy: Wave 1 Findings – the first of three…

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The Asia Foundation

Akseer, Tabasum|Swift, David

Faced with such an unprecedented shock, the world community has offered a poorly coordinated emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic…

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Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka

Lanka, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri

The study aims to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Swat district taking economic stresses, social and family life, and…

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Sustainable Development Policy Institute

Ilyas, Ayesha|Kazmi, Mohsin Ali

This brief provides recommendations for gender-responsive policies and sector-specific strategies in the fight against the coronavirus…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Park, Cyn-Young|Inocencio, Ancilla Marie

Other

12 Nov 2020

This case study highlights innovations and strategies to address the needs of the Thailand’s aging population that can also be applied…

Thailand

11 Nov 2020

This paper estimates the value of unpaid care work in Bhutan. It finds that, as in other countries, women spend more than twice as much…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Suh, Jooyeoun|Dorji, Changa|Mercer-Blackman, Valerie|Hampel-Milagrosa, Aimee

Bhutan

09 Nov 2020

This second volume of the Asia Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Monitor (ASM) focuses on the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-…

Indonesia

06 Nov 2020

Sri Lanka has a high proportion of workers (around 68% of the total employed) in informal employment. These informal workers usually…

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Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka

Lanka, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri

NTS Bulletin is a monthly periodical that discusses current issues concerning Climate change, Energy, food, water and Health security;…

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S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

Studies, S. Rajaratnam School of International

A first instinct might be to look to earlier pandemics. There have been several, and they share the characteristic of being health…