On 1 March 2021, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi received the first dose of Covaxin – India’s...
Category - Aid and Asia
Vaccine rollout in South Asia: a good start but a long way to go
South Asia has the world’s largest immunisation program, and its rollout of approximately 18...
Inclusive business: a critique
In the era of COVID-19, development organisations from the International Institute for Environment...
Adapting and responding to the pandemic: civic spaces in...
Civil society organisations (CSOs) count among the unsung heroes of COVID-19 pandemic response...
Microfinance and the informal economy under COVID-19
COVID-19 is impacting everyone. In Australia, declines in employment and incomes have resulted in...
Cancer patients and COVID-19 in Vietnam: disruptions and reforms
On 20 March, Vietnam’s Ministry of Health confirmed that two nurses at Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi...
Air quality in Hanoi during the pandemic
Vietnam has recently gained international accolades for its successful campaign against COVID-19...
COVID-19 offers hope for Thailand’s troubled south
For Thailand’s far southern region, where a separatist insurgency has claimed more than 7,000 lives...
The pandemic, the fourth development pillar, and the Philippines
Utilising Develtere’s typology, the traditional aid industry is dominated by three major groups:...
COVID-19 vs climate change: what can we learn?
Unlike its health, economic, or gendered impacts, COVID-19 has yet to cause an overt crisis for...